上帝保护祂的子民

大卫上圣殿朝圣之诗。

124 以色列人要说:
若不是耶和华帮助我们,
若不是耶和华帮助我们,
仇敌起来攻击我们、
向我们发怒的时候,
我们早已被他们生吞,
被狂涛淹没,被洪流卷走,
被怒海吞噬。
耶和华当受称颂!
祂没有让我们像猎物一样被敌人撕咬。
我们像鸟一样逃出了猎人的网罗。
网罗破裂,我们逃了出去。
我们的帮助来自创造天地的耶和华。

Deus, o Salvador do seu povo

Canção de peregrinos. De Davi.

124 Que teria acontecido
se o Senhor Deus não estivesse
    do nosso lado?
Responda, povo de Israel!

O povo responde:
“Se o Senhor não estivesse
    do nosso lado
quando os nossos inimigos nos atacaram,
eles nos teriam engolido vivos;
pois, furiosos, se voltaram contra nós.
As águas nos teriam levado para longe,
a enchente nos teria coberto,
e teríamos morrido afogados
    na correnteza violenta.”

Demos graças ao Senhor,
que não deixou que os nossos inimigos
    nos destruíssem.
Como o passarinho, nós escapamos
    da armadilha do caçador.
A armadilha quebrou, e ficamos livres.
O nosso socorro vem do Senhor Deus,
que fez o céu e a terra.

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.