Amahubo 124

1 Uba kwakungesiNkosi eyayilathi, katsho-ke uIsrayeli;

A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

2 uba kwakungesiNkosi eyayilathi, lapho abantu besivukela,

“if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,

3 ngabe basiginya siphila, ekuvutheni kolaka lwabo kithi;

then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.

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

The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

5 ngabe amanzi aqubukayo edlula phezu komphefumulo wethu.

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

6 Kayibongwe iNkosi, engasinikelanga ukuthi sibe yimpango emazinyweni abo.

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

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

We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

8 Usizo lwethu lusebizweni leNkosi eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.