Salmenes 124

1 En sang ved festreisene; av David. Hadde ikke Herren vært med oss - så sie Israel -

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 hadde ikke Herren vært med oss da menneskene stod op imot oss,

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 da hadde de slukt oss levende, da deres vrede var optendt imot oss,

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 da hadde vannene overskyllet oss, en strøm var gått over vår sjel,

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 da var de gått over vår sjel de stolte vann.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Lovet være Herren, som ikke gav oss til rov for deres tenner!

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Vår sjel er undsloppet som en fugl av fuglefangernes snare; snaren er sønderrevet, og vi er undsloppet.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Vår hjelp er i Herrens navn, han som gjorde himmel og jord.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.