Salamo 124

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

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

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

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

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

Then the proud waters would have 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 has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. 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 LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.