123:1 A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:
Canticum graduum. Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

123:2 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us,
nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,

123:3 perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,
forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

123:4 perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.
forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

123:5 Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.
torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

123:6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.
Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.

123:7 Our soul hath been delivered, as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken and we are delivered.
Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.

123:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.