Amahubo 124

1 Uba kwakungesiNkosi eyayilathi, katsho-ke uIsrayeli;

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel say:

2 uba kwakungesiNkosi eyayilathi, lapho abantu besivukela,

If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?

3 ngabe basiginya siphila, ekuvutheni kolaka lwabo kithi;

They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.

4 ngabe amanzi agijima phezu kwethu, lempophoma yedlula phezu komphefumulo wethu;

Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

5 ngabe amanzi aqubukayo edlula phezu komphefumulo wethu.

They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

6 Kayibongwe iNkosi, engasinikelanga ukuthi sibe yimpango emazinyweni abo.

Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by their teeth.

7 Umphefumulo wethu uphunyukile njengenyoni emjibileni wabathiyi; umjibila uqamukile, thina sasesiphunyuka.

We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

8 Usizo lwethu lusebizweni leNkosi eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.