Psalmorum 124

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

A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us — oh let Israel say —

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

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

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

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent 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 Jehovah, who gave us not up 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 have escaped.

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

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.