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1 Песнь восхождения. Давида. Если бы не Господь был с нами, - да скажет Израиль, -

A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

2 если бы не Господь был с нами, когда восстали на нас люди,

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

3 то живых они поглотили бы нас, когда возгорелась ярость их на нас;

They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

4 воды потопили бы нас, поток прошел быв над душею нашею;

We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

5 прошли бы над душею нашею воды бурные.

Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

6 Благословен Господь, Который не дал нас в добычу зубам их!

Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

7 Душа наша избавилась, как птица, из сети ловящих: сеть расторгнута, и мы избавились.

Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

8 Помощь наша - в имени Господа, сотворившего небо и землю.

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