Psalmorum 124

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

IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel 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 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 the Lord, 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 Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.

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