Psalmorum 124

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

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

Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.