Zaburi 124

1 Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Wa Daudi. Kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu; Israeli na aseme sasa:

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

2 kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

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

3 wakati hasira yao ilipowaka dhidi yetu, wangalitumeza tungali hai,

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

4 mafuriko yangalitugharikisha, maji mengi yangalitufunika,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

5 maji yaendayo kasi yangalituchukua.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

6 Bwana asifiwe, yeye ambaye hakuruhusu turaruliwe kwa meno yao.

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

7 Tumeponyoka kama ndege kutoka mtego wa mwindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tukaokoka.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Msaada wetu ni katika jina la Bwana, Muumba wa mbingu na dunia.

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