Psalmorum 124

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

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

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