Psalms 124

1 [A Song of Ascents. By 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 Israel:

2 if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, Cum exurgerent homines in nos,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

forte vivos deglutissent nos: Cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos.

5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

Torrentem pertransivit anima nostra: forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

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

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

7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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, who made heaven and earth.

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