Amahubo 124

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

[A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, let Israel now say,

2 aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi, lapho sasihlaselwa ngabantu,

if it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

3 lapho ulaka lwabo lwalutshisa ngathi ngabe basiginya siphila;

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

4 ngabe izikhukhula zasigalulisa, umsinga wawuzasikhukhula,

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

5 amanzi ayabulayo ayezasikhucula.

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 Udumo kalube kuThixo ongasiyekelanga sadlithizwa ngamazinyo abo.

Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Siphunyukile njengenyoni emjibileni womthiyi; umjibila uqamukile sahle saphunyuka.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Usizo lwethu lusegameni likaThixo uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.

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