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 the going up. Of 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 came 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。

They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath 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、

We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

5 さか巻く水はわれらの上を越えたであろう。

Yes, the waters of pride 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。

Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by 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 gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

8 われらの助けは天地を造られた主のみ名にある。

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