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1 Ingoma yemiqanso. ElikaDavida. Aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi yekela u-Israyeli atsho njalo,
A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
2 aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi, lapho sasihlaselwa ngabantu,
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
3 lapho ulaka lwabo lwalutshisa ngathi ngabe basiginya siphila;
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
4 ngabe izikhukhula zasigalulisa, umsinga wawuzasikhukhula,
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
5 amanzi ayabulayo ayezasikhucula.
then the raging waters would have swept us away.
6 Udumo kalube kuThixo ongasiyekelanga sadlithizwa ngamazinyo abo.
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7 Siphunyukile njengenyoni emjibileni womthiyi; umjibila uqamukile sahle saphunyuka.
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
8 Usizo lwethu lusegameni likaThixo uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.
Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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