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 for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel 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 the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked 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 swallowed us alive when their anger raged 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、

Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

5 さか巻く水はわれらの上を越えたであろう。

They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

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 the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart 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。

We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

8 われらの助けは天地を造られた主のみ名にある。

Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.