Psalmorum 124

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

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

2 nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, Cum exurgerent homines in nos,

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 forte vivos deglutissent nos: Cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos.

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5 Torrentem pertransivit anima nostra: forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

then the raging waters would have swept us away.

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

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as 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 net is torn, and we have slipped away.

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

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