§ The Book of Psalms 123

1 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:

1 Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

2 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us,

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

3 perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,

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

4 perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

4 forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5 Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

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

6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

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

7 Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.

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