Psalmorum 124

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

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,

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

If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

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

Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

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

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

The proud waters had gone over our soul.

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

Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us a prey to their teeth!

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

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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

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