Psaltaren 124

1 En vallfartssång; av David. Om HERREN icke hade varit med oss -- så säge Israel --

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 om HERREN icke hade varit med oss, när människorna reste sig upp emot oss,

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 då hade de uppslukat oss levande, när deras vrede upptändes mot oss;

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 då hade vattnen fördränkt oss, strömmen gått över vår själ;

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 ja, då hade de gått över vår själ, de svallande vattnen.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Lovad vare HERREN för att han ej gav oss till rov åt deras tänder!

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Vår själ kom undan såsom en fågel ur fågelfängarnas snara; snaran gick sönder, och vi kommo undan.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Vår hjälp är i HERRENS namn, hans som har gjort himmel och jord.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.