Amahubo 124

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

A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi, lapho sasihlaselwa ngabantu,

If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3 lapho ulaka lwabo lwalutshisa ngathi ngabe basiginya siphila;

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled 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.

Then 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 [as] a prey to their teeth.

7 Siphunyukile njengenyoni emjibileni womthiyi; umjibila uqamukile sahle saphunyuka.

Our soul hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: 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.