Psalmorum 124

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

A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

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

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

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

They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

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

Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

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

Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

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

Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

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

Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.