Salamo 124

1 Naho tsy Iehovà ty nañimba antika —ano ty hoe r’Israele—

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 Naho tsy nañolotse’ antika t’Iehovà, ie naname an-tikañe ondatio,

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

3 le ho nagodra’ iereo veloñe ami’ty fisolebaran-kabosehañe;

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

4 le ho ­nandempotse antika o ranoo, ho nisorotombak’ amo ain-tikañeo i torahañey,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5 Eka ho nalipo’ o rano mitroñeo o ain-tikañeo,

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Andriaño t’Iehovà, fa tsy napò’e tika ho fitsatsàm-pamotsi’ iareo.

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Niborofotse tika hoe voroñe am-­bitsom-pitsindro-boroñe, nipototse i fandrikey, le nibotafotse tika.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Fañimbàn-tikañe ty tahina’ Iehovà, Andrianamboatse i likerañey naho ty tane toy.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.