Psalmorum 124

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

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY DAVID. If YHWH had not been for us (Pray, let Israel say),

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

If YHWH had not been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

3 forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos

Then they had swallowed us alive, In the burning of their anger against us,

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos

Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem

Then proud waters had passed over our soul.

6 benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum

Blessed [is] YHWH who has not given us, [As] 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 as a bird from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

8 adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram

Our help [is] in the Name of YHWH, Maker of the heavens and earth!