Chapter 124
Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD
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A song of ascents. Of David. 1If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
𐤔𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤅𐤋𐤉 𐤔𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤀 𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓
שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְ֭הוָה לוּלֵ֣י שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ נָ֝א יֹֽאמַר־ šîr ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ lə·ḏā·wiḏ Yah·weh lū·lê še·hā·yāh lā·nū yiś·rā·’êl nā yō·mar- — WLC · 1
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if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤅𐤋𐤉 𐤔𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤁𐤒𐤅𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤍𐤅
יְ֭הוָה לוּלֵ֣י שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ אָדָֽם׃ בְּק֖וּם עָלֵ֣ינוּ Yah·weh lū·lê še·hā·yāh lā·nū ’ā·ḏām bə·qūm ‘ā·lê·nū — WLC · 2
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when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
𐤀𐤐𐤌 𐤁𐤇𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤆𐤉 𐤁𐤋𐤏𐤅𐤍𐤅 𐤇𐤉𐤉𐤌
אַפָּ֣ם בַּחֲר֖וֹת בָּֽנוּ׃ אֲ֭זַי בְּלָע֑וּנוּ חַיִּ֣ים ’ap·pām ba·ḥă·rō·wṯ bā·nū ’ă·zay bə·lā·‘ū·nū ḥay·yîm — WLC · 3
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then the floods would have engulfed us, [then] the torrent would have overwhelmed… us,
𐤀𐤆𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤈𐤐𐤅𐤍𐤅 𐤍𐤇𐤋𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤋 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤍𐤅
אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־ נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃ ’ă·zay ham·ma·yim šə·ṭā·p̄ū·nū naḥ·lå̄h ‘ā·ḇar ‘al- nap̄·šê·nū — WLC · 4
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then the raging waters would have swept us away…
𐤀𐤆𐤉 𐤄𐤆𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤋 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤍𐤅
אֲ֭זַי הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃ הַ֝מַּ֗יִם עָבַ֣ר עַל־ נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ ’ă·zay haz·zê·ḏō·w·nîm ham·ma·yim ‘ā·ḇar ‘al- nap̄·šê·nū — WLC · 5
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Blessed [be] the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤔𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤍𐤅 𐤈𐤓𐤐 𐤋𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌
בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה שֶׁלֹּ֥א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃ bā·rūḵ Yah·weh šel·lō nə·ṯā·nā·nū ṭe·rep̄ lə·šin·nê·hem — WLC · 6
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We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤍𐤅 𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤈𐤄 𐤊𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤓 𐤌𐤐𐤇 𐤉𐤅𐤒𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤐𐤇 𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤈𐤍𐤅
נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ נִמְלְטָה֮ כְּצִפּ֥וֹר מִפַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃ nap̄·šê·nū nim·lə·ṭāh kə·ṣip·pō·wr mip·paḥ yō·wq·šîm hap·paḥ niš·bār wa·’ă·naḥ·nū nim·lā·ṭə·nū — WLC · 7
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Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤔𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤑
עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃ ‘ez·rê·nū bə·šêm Yah·weh ‘ō·śêh šā·ma·yim wā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 8