Psalmorum 124

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

A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. If the Lord had not bene on our side, (may Israel now say)

2 nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis cum exsurgerent in nos homines

If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,

3 forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos

They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos

Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:

5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem

Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.

6 benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum

Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.

7 anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium laqueus contritus est et nos liberati sumus

Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.

8 adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram

Our helpe is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heauen and earth.