شكر للرب مخلص شعبه
1 نشيدُ الحُجَّاجِ لِداوُدَ:
لو لم يكُنِ الرّبُّ معَنا،
رَدِّدُوا يا بَني إِسرائيلَ:
2 «لو لم يكُنِ الرّبُّ مَعَنا
عِندَما قامَ الآخرونَ علَينا،
3 لابْتَلَعونا ونحنُ أحياءٌ
يومَ احتَدَّ غضَبُهُم علَينا.
4 ولجرَفتْنا المياهُ بعيدا
وعَبَرتِ السُّيول علَينا.
5 نعم، لعَبَرَت علَينا
تِلكَ المياهُ الطَّاغيةُ».
6 تبارَكَ الّذي لم يَجعَلْنا
فريسةً لأسنانِ أعدائِنا.
7 نَجَونا كالعُصفورِ مِنْ فَخِّ الصَّيَّادينَ.
انكَسَرَ الفَخُّ ونحنُ نَجَونا.
8 إستَعَنَّا باسمِ الرّبِّ إلهِنا،
خالِق السَّماواتِ والأرضِ.
A Song of degrees of David.
1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.