Psalm 123 (124)

Psalm 123, Catholic Public Domain Version

1. A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

   Canticum graduum. Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

2. 2

   if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

   nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,

3. 3

   perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

   forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

4. 4

   perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

   forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5. 5

   Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

   torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

6. 6

   Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

   Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.

7. 7

   Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

   Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.

8. 8

   Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

   Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)