Chapter 123
The church gives glory to God for her deliverance, from the hands of her enemies.
1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:
אֵ֭לֶי/ךָא֭לי/ךאֵלֶי/ךָאלי/ך'E.lei./khato/ youH0413H9031HR+Sp2ms נָשָׂ֣אתִינש֣אתינָשָׂאתִינשאתיna.Sa.tiI have lifted upH5375MHVqp1cs עֵינַ֑/יעינ֑/יעֵינַ/יעינ/י'ei.Na/ieyes/ myH5869AH9020HNcfdc+Sp1bs הַ֝/יֹּשְׁבִ֗יה֝/ישב֗יהַ/יֹּשְׁבִיה/ישביhai./yo.she.Vithe/ [one who] sitsH9009H3427HTd+Vqrmsc בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם\׃ב/שמים\בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם\׃ב/שמים\ba./sha.Ma.yimin the/ heavensH9003H8064\H9016HRd+Ncmpa 2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,
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חָנֵּ֣/נוּחנ֣/נוחָנֵּ/נוּחנ/נוcha.Ne./nushow favor to/ usH2603AH9035HVqv2ms+Sp1bp יְהוָ֣היהו֣היְהוָהיהוהYah.wehO YahwehH3068GHNpt חָנֵּ֑/נוּחנ֑/נוחָנֵּ/נוּחנ/נוcha.Ne./nushow favor to/ usH2603AH9035HVqv2ms+Sp1bp רַ֝֗בר֝֗ברַברבRavmuchH7227AHAamsa שָׂבַ֥עְנוּשב֥ענושָׂבַעְנוּשבענוsa.Va'.nuwe have been surfeitedH7646HVqp1cp 4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.
רַבַּת֮רבת֮רַבַּתרבתra.BatmuchH7227AHAafsc שָֽׂבְעָה\־שבעה\שָֽׂבְעָה\־שבעה\sa.ve.'ah-it has been surfeitedH7646\H9014HVqp3fs לָּ֪/הּל֪/הלָּ/הּל/הla/h<for>/ itselfH9005H9034HR+Sp3fs נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥/נוּנ֫פש֥/נונַפְשֵׁ/נוּנפש/נוnaf.She./nuself/ ourH5315GH9025HNcfsc+Sp1bp הַ/לַּ֥עַגה/ל֥עגהַ/לַּעַגה/לעגha./La.'agthe/ mockery ofH9009H3933HTd+Ncmsc הַ/שַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑יםה/שאננ֑יםהַ/שַּׁאֲנַנִּיםה/שאנניםha./sha.'a.na.Nim<the>/ self-confident [people]H9009H7600HTd+Aampa הַ֝/בּ֗וּזה֝/ב֗וזהַ/בּוּזה/בוזha./Buzthe/ contemptH9009H0937HTd+Ncmsa לִ/גְאֵי/ /יוֹנִים\׃ל/גאי/ /יונים\לִ/גְאֵי/ /יוֹנִים\׃ל/גאי/ /יונים\li/g.'E/ /yo.nimof/ arrogant/ /opressorsH9005H1343H3238\H9016HR+Aampc+Vqrmpa 5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.
6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.
7 Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.