Salamo 124

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

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,

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

If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

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

Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned 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,

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 hath not given us a prey to their teeth!

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

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