Amahubo 124

1 Uba kwakungesiNkosi eyayilathi, katsho-ke uIsrayeli;

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

2 uba kwakungesiNkosi eyayilathi, lapho abantu besivukela,

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

3 ngabe basiginya siphila, ekuvutheni kolaka lwabo kithi;

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

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

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

5 ngabe amanzi aqubukayo edlula phezu komphefumulo wethu.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

6 Kayibongwe iNkosi, engasinikelanga ukuthi sibe yimpango emazinyweni abo.

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Usizo lwethu lusebizweni leNkosi eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

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