Amahubo 124

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

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,

2 aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi, lapho sasihlaselwa ngabantu,

If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

3 lapho ulaka lwabo lwalutshisa ngathi ngabe basiginya siphila;

Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;

4 ngabe izikhukhula zasigalulisa, umsinga wawuzasikhukhula,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us; The stream had gone over our soul;

5 amanzi ayabulayo ayezasikhucula.

The proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Udumo kalube kuThixo ongasiyekelanga sadlithizwa ngamazinyo abo.

Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us a 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 snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Usizo lwethu lusegameni likaThixo uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.