Psalmorum 124

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

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 exsurgerent in nos homines

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

3 forte vivos degluttissent 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.