Psalmorum 124

1 canticum graduum huic David nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis dicat nunc Israhel

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

2 nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis cum exsurgerent in nos homines

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5 torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem

then the raging waters would have swept us away.

6 benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum

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

7 anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium laqueus contritus est et nos liberati sumus

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

8 adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.