Mapisarema 124

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

IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

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

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream 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 the Lord, who hath not given us as 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 are escaped.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

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