Psalmorum 124

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

[A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now 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 would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum

Blessed be the LORD, who has 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 has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. 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 the LORD, who made heaven and earth.