Psalmorum 124

1 canticum graduum huic David nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis dicat nunc Israhel

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 exsurgerent in nos homines

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

3 forte vivos degluttissent 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.