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] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

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

If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3 forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream 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] the LORD, who hath 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 is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are 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.