Psalmorum 124

1 Canticum graduum. Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israel:

“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 exurgerent 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 Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.

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