Mapisarema 124

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

A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

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

Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.