Zaburi 124

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

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

2 kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

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

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

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

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 a prey to their teeth!

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

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