Halelu 124

1 I NA aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, Wahi a ka Iseraela,

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

2 Ina aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, I ka wa i ala ku e mai ai na kanaka ia kakou,

if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

3 Ina ua moni koke mai lakou ia kakou, I ka wela ana o ko lakou huhu ia kakou.

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Ina ua poipu hoi na wai maluna o kakou, A ua hiki mai ka waikahe maluna o ko kakou uhane:

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 Ina ua kahe no hoi ka waiholomoku maluna o ko kakou uhane.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 E hoomaikaiia o Iehova, Ka mea haawi ole ia kakou i waiwai pio i ko lakou niho.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Ua hoopakeleia no ko kakou uhane, Me he manu la, mai ka hei ana aku i ka poe lawaiamanu; Ua moku ka upena a ua hoopakeleia kakou.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Aia no ko kakou kokua, maloko o ka inoa o Iehova, Ka mea nana i hana ka lani me ka honua.

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