Psalm 124

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

A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

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

if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

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

perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

4 Na sronot u pokkutla, Kof u afwinkutla,

perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

5 A kof pulkulak akwalomyekutla.”

Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

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

Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of 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 has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

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

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