Mapisarema 124

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

[A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been YHWH who was on our side, let Israel now say,

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

if it had not been YHWH who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

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

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

Blessed be YHWH, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

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