Zaburi 124

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

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

2 kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

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

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 mafuriko yangalitugharikisha, maji mengi yangalitufunika,

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 maji yaendayo kasi yangalituchukua.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

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

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

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

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

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.