Psalmorum 124

1 Canticum graduum. [Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. If the Lord had not bene on our side, (may Israel now say)

2 nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,

If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,

3 forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:

5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.

6 Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.

Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.

7 Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.

Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.

8 Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.]

Our helpe is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heauen and earth.