Mapisarema 124

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

A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us — oh let Israel say —

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

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

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.