< 詩篇 124 >
1 ダビデがよんだ都もうでの歌 今、イスラエルは言え、主がもしわれらの方におられなかったならば、
A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2 人々がわれらに逆らって立ちあがったとき、主がもしわれらの方におられなかったならば、
if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
3 彼らの怒りがわれらにむかって燃えたったとき、彼らはわれらを生きているままで、のんだであろう。
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
4 また大水はわれらを押し流し、激流はわれらの上を越え、
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6 主はほむべきかな。主はわれらをえじきとして彼らの歯にわたされなかった。
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 われらは野鳥を捕えるわなをのがれる鳥のようにのがれた。わなは破れてわれらはのがれた。
Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.