Psalmorum 124

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

A song of ascents. Of David. ‘Had it not been the Lord who was for us’ let Israel say

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

‘Had it not been the Lord who was for us when enemies rose against us,

3 forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos

then alive they’d have swallowed us up, when their anger was kindled against us.

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos

Then the waters would’ve swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:

5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem

then most sure would’ve passed over us clean the wild seething waters.’

6 benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum

Blest be the Lord who has given us not to be torn by their teeth.

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

We are like a bird just escaped from the snare of the fowler. The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram

Our help is the name of the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.