Psalmorum 124

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

A Song of Ascents. David’s. If it had not been, Yahweh, who was on our side, oh might Israel say:

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

If it had not been, Yahweh, who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

3 forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos

Then, alive, had they swallowed us up, in the glow of their anger against us;

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos

Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul;

5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem

Then, had gone over our soul the waters so proud!

6 benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum

Blessed, be Yahweh, who gave us not as prey to their teeth.

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

Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from 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 Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.