Psalms 124

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

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

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

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

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

7 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.

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

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

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