Psalm 123 [MT 124]
- Song of Ascent
[A Song of Degrees:] If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;
᾿ῼδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. - ΕΙ ΜΗ ὅτι Κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν, εἰπάτω δὴ ᾿Ισραήλ·
if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;
εἰ μὴ ὅτι Κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ ἐπαναστῆναι ἀνθρώπους ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς,
verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
ἄρα ζῶντας ἂν κατέπιον ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ ὀργισθῆναι τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς·
verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.
ἄρα τὸ ὕδωρ ἂν κατεπόντισεν ἡμᾶς, χείμαρρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν·
Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.
ἄρα διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἀνυπόστατον.
Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.
εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἡμᾶς εἰς θήραν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν αὐτῶν.
Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὡς στρουθίον ἐρρύσθη ἐκ τῆς παγίδος τῶν θηρευόντων· ἡ παγὶς συνετρίβη, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐρρύσθημεν.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
ἡ βοήθεια ἡμῶν ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.