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1 Ingoma yemiqanso. ElikaDavida. Aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi yekela u-Israyeli atsho njalo,
A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now 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 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 the LORD, 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 LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.

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