Zaburi 124

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

A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

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

Then they had swallowed us up quick, 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 hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: 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.