Mapisarema 124

1 Rwiyo rworwendo rwaDhavhidhi. Israeri ngaati dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu,

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

then the raging waters would have swept us away.

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

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

7 Tapunyuka seshiri yabva parugombe rwomuteyi; rugombe rwadamburwa uye tapunyuka.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

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