Psalms 124:2-6 in English

² If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

³ Then they had swallowed us up alive, 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 Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² The mountains are round about her, and so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and even for ever.

³ For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to be upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous should stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart.

⁵ But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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.

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.

² The mountains are round about her, and so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and even for ever.

³ For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to be upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous should stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart.

⁵ But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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 alive, 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.

² When our enemies attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

³ we would have all been killed IDM because they were very angry with us!

⁴ They would have been like MET a flood that swept/carried us away; it would have been as though the water would have covered us,

⁵ and we would all have drowned in the flood that was ◄raging/flowing very fast►.

⁶ But praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our enemies to destroy us like wild animals MET tear apart the creatures that they capture.

² The mountains are round about her, and so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and even for ever.

³ For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to be upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous should stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart.

⁵ But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

² if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

³ They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

⁴ We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

⁵ Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

² If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

³ Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

⁴ Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

⁵ Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

² In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

³ For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.

⁵ But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

² If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?

³ They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.

⁴ Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

⁵ They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

⁶ Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by their teeth.

² If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,

³ They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.

⁴ Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:

⁵ Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.

⁶ Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.

² 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

³ Then they had swallowed us up alive, 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.

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.

² If it had not been the Lord who was for us, when men rose up against us:

³ Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

⁴ Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

⁵ Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

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

² The mountains are round about her, And so the Lord is round about his people, From henceforth and even forever.

³ For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners To be upon the lot of the righteous; Lest the righteous should stretch forth Their hands to iniquity.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, And to them that are upright in heart.

⁵ But them that turn aside to crooked ways The Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: But peace shall be upon Israel.

² If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

³ Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;

⁴ Then the waters had overwhelmed us; The stream had gone over our soul;

⁵ The proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us a prey to their teeth!

² “Had it not been the Lord who was for us when enemies rose against us,

³ then alive they'd have swallowed us up, when their anger was kindled against us.

⁴ Then the waters would've swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:

⁵ then most sure would've passed over us clean the wild seething waters.”

⁶ Blest be the Lord who has given us not to be torn by their teeth.

² “Had it not been the Lord who was for us when enemies rose against us,

³ then alive they'd have swallowed us up, when their anger was kindled against us.

⁴ Then the waters would've swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:

⁵ then most sure would've passed over us clean the wild seething waters.”

⁶ Blest be the Lord who has given us not to be torn by their teeth.

² if it had not been Adonai who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

⁵ then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be Adonai , who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² “if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.

⁴ The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

⁵ Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

² if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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.

² if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

² no but for the Lord was in us. When men rose up against us;

³ in hap they had swallowed us quick. When the strong vengeance of them was wroth against us;

⁴ in hap water had swallowed us up. Our soul passed through a strand or stream;

⁵ in hap our soul had passed through a water unsufferable.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord; that gave not us into taking or catching of the teeth of them.

² no but for the Lord was in us. When men rose up against us; (yea, if the Lord was not with us or if the Lord had not been for us; then when men rose up against us,)

³ in hap they had swallowed us quick. When the strong vengeance of them was wroth against us; (they would have swallowed us up alive. Yea, when their fury raged against us;)

⁴ in hap water had swallowed us up. Our soul passed through a strand; (the water would have swallowed us up. When the stream had gone up over our heads;)

⁵ in hap our soul had passed through a water unsufferable. (when the insufferable waters had gone up over our heads.)

⁶ Blessed be the Lord; that gave not us into taking, (or) the catching, of the teeth of them. (Blessed be the Lord; who did not allow us to be caught by their teeth.)

² Save for Jehovah — who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

³ Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,

⁴ Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

⁵ Then passed over our soul had the proud waters.

⁶ Blessed is Jehovah who hath not given us, A prey to their teeth.