God the Protector of His People
1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?
Answer, O Israel!
2 “If the Lord had not been on our side
when our enemies attacked us,
3 then they would have swallowed us alive
in their furious anger against us;
4 then the flood would have carried us away,
the water would have covered us,
5 the raging torrent would have drowned us.”
6 Let us thank the Lord,
who has not let our enemies destroy us.
7 We have escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap;
the trap is broken, and we are free!
8 Our help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Pateicība par izglābšanu
1 Dāvida augšupceļa dziesma.
Ja ne Kungs, kurš tad bija ar mums,
lai pasaka Israēls, –
2 ja ne Kungs, kurš tad bija ar mums,
kad ļaudis cēlās pret mums,
3 tie mūs dzīvus būtu aprijuši,
tā dega to dusmas uz mums!
4 Tad ūdeņi veltos pār mums,
straume celtos mums pāri,
5 tad veltos mums pāri
trakulīgie ūdeņi!
6 Teikts lai Kungs, kurš nedeva mūs
par laupījumu viņu zobiem!
7 Mēs kā putni tikām projām no mednieku cilpas –
cilpa ir pušu, un mēs prom!
8 Palīgs mums Kunga vārds –
tā, kurš radījis debesis un zemi!
