Waiata 124

1 He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:

“A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say;

2 Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;

If it had not been the Lord who was for us, when men rose up against us:

3 Penei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.

Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Kua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.

Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

5 Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.

Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

6 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us up as a prey to their teeth.

7 Kua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.

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

8 Kei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.

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