Salmos 124

Cântico de peregrinação. De Davi.

1 Se o Senhor não estivesse do nosso lado

— que Israel o repita —,

2 se o Senhor não estivesse do nosso lado

quando os inimigos nos atacaram,

3 eles já nos teriam engolido vivos,

quando se enfureceram contra nós;

4 as águas nos teriam arrastado,

e as torrentes nos teriam afogado;

5 sim, as águas turbulentas nos teriam afogado!

6 Bendito seja o Senhor,

que não nos entregou para sermos dilacerados pelos dentes deles!

7 Como um pássaro, escapamos da armadilha do caçador;

a armadilha foi quebrada, e nós escapamos.

8 O nosso socorro está no nome do Senhor,

que fez os céus e a terra.

A Song of Ascents; of David.

1 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side,

Let Israel now say,

2 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side,

When men rose up against us;

3 Then they had swallowed us up alive,

When their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul;

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Blessed be Jehovah,

Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:

The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah,

Who made heaven and earth.