Salmos 124

1 Um Canto de Ascensões. Por David. Se não tivesse sido Yahweh que estava do nosso lado, que Israel diga agora,

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

2 se não tivesse sido Yahweh que estava do nosso lado, quando os homens se levantaram contra nós,

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

3 então eles nos teriam engolido vivos, quando a ira deles foi acesa contra nós,

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

4 então as águas ter-nos-iam dominado, o riacho teria passado por cima de nossa alma.

[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 Então as águas orgulhosas teriam passado por cima de nossa alma.

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

6 Bendito seja Yahweh, que não nos deu como presa para seus dentes.

[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 Nossa alma escapou como um pássaro da armadilha do passarinho. A armadilha está quebrada, e nós escapamos.

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 Nossa ajuda está em nome de Yahweh, que fizeram o céu e a terra.

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