Sòm 124

1 Se yon chante David pou yo chante lè y'ap moute lavil Jerizalèm. Si Seyè a pa t' kanpe pou nou, ki jan sa ta ye! Se pou pèp Izrayèl la rekonèt sa.

A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

2 Wi, si Seyè a pa t' kanpe pou nou, lè moun yo te leve dèyè nou an,

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

3 yo ta vale nou tou vivan, lè yo te move sou nou an.

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

4 Dlo ta kouvri nou, lavalas ta pase sou nou.

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

5 Wi, lavalas ta pote nou ale.

Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 Ann fè lwanj Seyè a ki pa kite lènmi nou yo devore nou.

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

7 Nou chape tankou yon ti zwezo ki chape soti nan pèlen chasè. Fil pèlen an kase. Nou chape, n' ale.

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

8 Se Seyè a k'ap pote nou sekou, se li menm ki fè syèl la ak latè a.

Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.