Psalms 124

1 A song of ascents. Of David. ‘Had it not been the Lord who was for us’ let Israel say

Canticum graduum. Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

2 ‘Had it not been the Lord who was for us when enemies rose against us,

nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,

3 then alive they’d have swallowed us up, when their anger was kindled against us.

forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

4 Then the waters would’ve swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5 then most sure would’ve passed over us clean the wild seething waters.’

torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

6 Blest be the Lord who has given us not to be torn by their teeth.

Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.

7 We are like a bird just escaped from the snare of the fowler. The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.

8 Our help is the name of the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.