Mapisarema 124

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

A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

“if it had not been Yahweh 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 anger raged against us.

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

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

We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.