Psalmorum 124

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

[A Song of Ascents. By 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 rose up against us;

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

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos.

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

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

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

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

Blessed be the LORD, who has 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 has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. 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 the LORD, who made heaven and earth.