Psalmorum 124

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

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

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

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

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

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

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

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

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

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

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

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

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

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.