Abụ Ọma 124

1 Abụ nrigo. Nke Devid. A sị na Onyenwe anyị adịnyereghị anyị, ka Izrel kwuo,

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, let Israel now say;

2 a sị na Onyenwe anyị adịnyereghị anyị, mgbe ndị mmadụ biliri imegide anyị,

if it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, when men rose up against us;

3 mgbe iwe ha rere dịka ọkụ megide anyị, ha gaara eloda anyị na ndụ;

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 idee mmiri gaara iri anyị, oke mmiri gaara ebufu anyị,

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 ebili mmiri niile gaara ebufu anyị.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Ma otuto dịrị Onyenwe anyị, onye na-ekweghị ka ha jiri eze ha dọrie anyị.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Anyị agbanarịla ha dịka nwa nnụnụ si gbanarị ọnya osi ọnya chọrọ iji jide ya; ọnya ahụ agbajiela, anyị ewezugakwala onwe anyị, nwere onwe anyị.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Inyeaka anyị dị nʼaha Onyenwe anyị, onye kere eluigwe na ụwa.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.