Mapisarema 124

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

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY DAVID. If YHWH had not been for us (Pray, let Israel say),

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

If YHWH had not been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

Then they had swallowed us alive, In the burning of their anger against us,

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

Then proud waters had passed over our soul.

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

Blessed [is] YHWH who has not given us, [As] prey to their teeth.

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

Our soul has escaped as a bird from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

Our help [is] in the Name of YHWH, Maker of the heavens and earth!