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1 Песнь восхождения. Давида. Если бы не Господь был с нами, - да скажет Израиль, -

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 если бы не Господь был с нами, когда восстали на нас люди,

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

3 то живых они поглотили бы нас, когда возгорелась ярость их на нас;

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

4 воды потопили бы нас, поток прошел быв над душею нашею;

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

5 прошли бы над душею нашею воды бурные.

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

6 Благословен Господь, Который не дал нас в добычу зубам их!

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

7 Душа наша избавилась, как птица, из сети ловящих: сеть расторгнута, и мы избавились.

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

8 Помощь наша - в имени Господа, сотворившего небо и землю.

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