Amahubo 124

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. ElikaDavida. Aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi yekela u-Israyeli atsho njalo,

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

2 aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi, lapho sasihlaselwa ngabantu,

if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

3 lapho ulaka lwabo lwalutshisa ngathi ngabe basiginya siphila;

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 ngabe izikhukhula zasigalulisa, umsinga wawuzasikhukhula,

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 amanzi ayabulayo ayezasikhucula.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Udumo kalube kuThixo ongasiyekelanga sadlithizwa ngamazinyo abo.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Siphunyukile njengenyoni emjibileni womthiyi; umjibila uqamukile sahle saphunyuka.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Usizo lwethu lusegameni likaThixo uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.

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