Psalmorum 124

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

A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

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

if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

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

perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos.

perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

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

Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

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

Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

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

Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

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

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