Zaburi 124

1 “Kama Yahwe asingekuwa upande wetu,” Israeli na aseme sasa,

“A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say;

2 “Kama asingekuwa Yahwe ambaye alikuwa upande wetu wakati watu walipoinuka dhidi yetu,

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

3 basi wangekuwa wametumeza tungali hai hasira yao lipozidi dhidi yetu.

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

4 Maji yangetugharikisha; mto ungetuzidia.

Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

5 Kisha maji yafurikayo yangetuzamisha.”

Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

6 Atukuzwe Yahwe, ambaye hajaruhusu tuwe mawindo kwa meno yao.

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

7 Tumetoroka kama ndege mtegoni mwa wawindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tumetoroka.

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

8 Msaada wetu uko katika Yahwe, aliyeziumba mbingu na nchi.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.