Psalm 124
A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;
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A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been the LORD who was for us, let Israel now say;
שיר המעלות, לדוד:לולי יהוה, שהיה לנו-- יאמר-נא, ישראל.
2
If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,
לולי יהוה, שהיה לנו-- בקום עלינו אדם.
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Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
אזי, חיים בלעונו-- בחרות אפם בנו.
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Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;
אזי, המים שטפונו-- נחלה, עבר על-נפשנו.
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Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
אזי, עבר על-נפשנו-- המים, הזידונים.
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Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
ברוך יהוה-- שלא נתננו טרף, לשניהם.
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Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
נפשנו-- כצפור נמלטה, מפח יוקשים:הפח נשבר, ואנחנו נמלטנו.
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Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
עזרנו, בשם יהוה-- עשה, שמים וארץ.