Psalmorum 124

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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