上帝保護祂的子民

大衛上聖殿朝聖之詩。

124 以色列人要說:
若不是耶和華幫助我們,
若不是耶和華幫助我們,
仇敵起來攻擊我們、
向我們發怒的時候,
我們早已被他們生吞,
被狂濤淹沒,被洪流捲走,
被怒海吞噬。
耶和華當受稱頌!
祂沒有讓我們像獵物一樣被敵人撕咬。
我們像鳥一樣逃出了獵人的網羅。
網羅破裂,我們逃了出去。
我們的幫助來自創造天地的耶和華。

稱頌 神的幫助與保護

大衛朝聖之歌(原文作“往上行之歌”)。

124 願以色列人說:

如果不是耶和華幫助我們,(本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題)

如果不是耶和華幫助我們;

那麼,人起來攻擊我們,

向我們發怒的時候,

就把我們活活吞下去了。

那時,洪水漫過我們,

急流淹沒我們;

洶湧的洪水把我們淹沒。

耶和華是應當稱頌的,

他沒有容讓敵人把我們當作獵物撕裂。

我們像雀鳥從捕鳥的人的網羅裡逃脫;

網羅破裂,我們就逃脫了。

我們的幫助在於耶和華的名,

他是造天地的主。

124 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

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

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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

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

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 124

A song of ascents. Of David.

If the Lord had not been on our side—
    let Israel say(A)
if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us,
they would have swallowed us alive
    when their anger flared against us;
the flood(B) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(C) would have swept over us,
the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;(D)
the snare has been broken,(E)
    and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name(F) of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(G) and earth.