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 the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

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

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

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

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

4 Na sronot u pokkutla, Kof u afwinkutla,

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5 A kof pulkulak akwalomyekutla.”

then the raging waters would have swept us away.

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

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as 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!

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

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

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.