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Awit ng Pag-akyat. Mula kay David.

124 Kung hindi ang Panginoon ang naging nasa ating panig,
    sabihin ngayon ng Israel—
kung hindi ang Panginoon ang naging nasa panig natin,
    nang ang mga tao ay magsibangon laban sa atin,
nilamon na sana nila tayong buháy,
    nang ang kanilang galit ay mag-alab laban sa atin;
tinabunan na sana tayo ng baha,
    dinaanan na sana ng agos ang ating kaluluwa;
dinaanan na sana ng nagngangalit na mga tubig
    ang ating kaluluwa.

Purihin ang Panginoon,
    na hindi tayo ibinigay
    bilang biktima sa kanilang mga ngipin!
Parang ibon sa bitag ng mga manghuhuli
    na ang ating kaluluwa ay nakatakas,
ang bitag ay nasira,
    at tayo ay nakatakas!
Ang saklolo natin ay nasa pangalan ng Panginoon,
    na siyang lumikha ng langit at lupa.

124 Een bedevaartslied van David.

Laat Israël het volgende zeggen:
was de Here niet steeds bij ons?
Was de Here niet steeds bij ons,
toen wij werden aangevallen door vreemde mensen?
Zij hadden ons wel levend kunnen verslinden,
toen zij in hun woede op ons afkwamen.
Wij hadden kunnen verdrinken in een woeste rivier.
Het kolkende water had zich dan boven ons gesloten.
Maar prijs de Here!
Hij liet dat niet toe.
Dankzij Hem kregen zij ons niet te pakken.
Wij ontkwamen,
zoals een vogel wegglipt uit het net van de vogelvanger.
De valstrik is kapot
en wij zijn ontsnapt.
Wij vinden hulp bij de Here.
Hij heeft de hemel en de aarde gemaakt.

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.