A Song of Ascents. By David.

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

let Israel now say,

2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,

when men rose up against us,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,

when their wrath was kindled against us,

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us,

the stream would have gone over our soul.

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

6 Blessed be Yahweh,

who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare.

The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in Yahweh’s name,

who made heaven and earth.

1 Píseň stupňů, Davidova. Byť Hospodina s námi nebylo, rciž nyní, Izraeli,

2 Byť Hospodina s námi nebylo, když lidé povstali proti nám:

3 Tehdáž by nás byli za živa sehltili v rozpálení hněvu svého proti nám;

4 Tehdáž by nás byly přikvačily vody, proud zachvátil by byl duši naši;

5 Tehdáž zachvátily by byly duši naši ty vody zduté.

6 Požehnaný Hospodin, kterýž nás nevydal v loupež zubům jejich.

7 Duše naše jako ptáče znikla osídla ptáčníků; osídlo se ztrhalo, i vynikli jsme.

8 Pomoc naše jest ve jménu Hospodinovu, kterýž učinil nebe i zemi.