< Psalmorum 124 >
1 Canticum graduum. Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israel:
If it had not been Yhwh who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, Cum exurgerent homines in nos,
If it had not been Yhwh who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 forte vivos deglutissent nos: Cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled 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.
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos, in captionem dentibus eorum.
Blessed be Yhwh, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium: Laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.
Our help is in the name of Yhwh, who made heaven and earth.