Mapisarema 124

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

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned 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.

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 a prey to their teeth!

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

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.