< Psalmorum 124 >

1 Canticum graduum. Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,
A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel say:
2 nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,
If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?
3 forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,
They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.
4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;
Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.
5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.
They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.
6 Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.
Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by their teeth.
7 Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.
We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!
8 Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.
Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

< Psalmorum 124 >