Psalm 124

1 [Psalm lal David] LEUM GOD El funu tia wi kut la, lukun fuka? O Israel, kowos in topuk!

A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

2 “LEUM GOD El funu tia wi kut le, Ke mwet lokoalok elos mweun lain kut

If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

3 Kut lukun moul na elos ukumkutla Ke sripen kasrkusrak lulap lalos sesr;

Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Na sronot u pokkutla, Kof u afwinkutla,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

5 A kof pulkulak akwalomyekutla.”

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Lela kut in sang kulo nu sin LEUM GOD, Su tia filikutyang nu in poun mwet lokoalok lasr.

Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Kut tu kaingla oana sie won su kaingla liki sruf lun mwet sru won; Sruf u musalla a kut sukosokla!

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Kasru lasr tuku sin LEUM GOD, Su orala kusrao ac faclu.

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.