Frei!

124 Ein Lied von David für Festbesucher, die nach Jerusalem hinaufziehen.

Israel soll bekennen:
    Hätte der Herr uns nicht geholfen,
als die Feinde uns angriffen,
    ja, wäre er nicht für uns eingetreten,
dann hätten sie uns in ihrer Wut
    bei lebendigem Leib verschlungen.
Dann hätten uns mächtige Wogen überschwemmt
    und Wildbäche uns fortgerissen.
    Wir alle wären in den tosenden Fluten versunken!
Gepriesen sei der Herr!
    Er hat nicht zugelassen, dass sie uns zerfleischten.
Wir sind ihnen entkommen
wie ein Vogel aus dem Netz des Fallenstellers.
    Das Netz ist zerrissen, und wir sind frei!
Ja, unsere Hilfe kommt vom Herrn,
    der Himmel und Erde erschaffen hat.

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

124 (B)If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
    (C)let Israel now say—
if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
    when people rose up against us,
then they would have (D)swallowed us up alive,
    when their anger was kindled against us;
then (E)the flood would have (F)swept us away,
    the torrent would have gone (G)over us;
then over us would have gone
    the raging waters.

Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not given us
    as prey to their teeth!
We have escaped like a bird
    from (H)the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
    and we have escaped!

(I)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.