< 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 Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:
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 the Lord had not been with us, 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。
perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged 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、
perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.
Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.
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 is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of 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 been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.