Mapisarema 124

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

“A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say;

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

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

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us up as a prey to their teeth.

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

Our soul is escaped like 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, the maker of heaven and earth.