Psa PsalmsPsalmid, psalm Book of PsalmsPsalmide raamat, psalm 124

(Shir HaMa'alot [Song of Ascents], of Dovid)

If it had not been Hashem Who was lanu (for us, on our side),

now may Yisroel say;

If it had not been Hashem Who was lanu,

when adam (man) rose up against us;

Then they had swallowed us up chayyim (alive);

when their wrath was kindled against us;Pro 1:12

Then the mayim would have overwhelmed us,

the torrent would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh);Psa 144:7

Then the mayim hazedonim (treacherous waters)

would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh).

Baruch Hashem,

Who hath not given us up

as a prey to their shinayim (teeth).

Nafsheinu (our nefesh) is escaped as a tzippor (bird)

out of the pach (snare of the fowlers);

the pach is broken,

and we are escaped.Psa 11:2; Pro 6:5

Ezreinu (our help) B'Shem Hashem

Oseh Shomayim vaAretz.Psa 121:2; Neh 9:6