Žalmy 124

1 Píseň stupňů, Davidova. Byť Hospodina s námi nebylo, rciž nyní, Izraeli,

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 Byť Hospodina s námi nebylo, když lidé povstali proti nám:

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 Tehdáž by nás byli za živa sehltili v rozpálení hněvu svého proti nám;

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 Tehdáž by nás byly přikvačily vody, proud zachvátil by byl duši naši;

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 Tehdáž zachvátily by byly duši naši ty vody zduté.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Požehnaný Hospodin, kterýž nás nevydal v loupež zubům jejich.

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Duše naše jako ptáče znikla osídla ptáčníků; osídlo se ztrhalo, i vynikli jsme.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Pomoc naše jest ve jménu Hospodinovu, kterýž učinil nebe i zemi.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.