Psalm 124 in Hebrew and English

1שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', Let Israel now say;

2לוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם׃

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, When men rose up against us,

3אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ׃

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4אֲזַי הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ׃

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

5אֲזַי עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים׃

Then the proud waters Had gone over our soul.'

6בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם׃

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

7נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ׃

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃

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