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PERJANJIAN LAMA · OLD TESTAMENT

Mazmur 124

Mazmur · Psalms

1Nyanyian ziarah Daud. Jikalau bukan TUHAN yang memihak kepada kita, --biarlah Israel berkata demikian--

1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side--let Israel now say--

2jikalau bukan TUHAN yang memihak kepada kita, ketika manusia bangkit melawan kita,

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

3maka mereka telah menelan kita hidup-hidup, ketika amarah mereka menyala-nyala terhadap kita;

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

4maka air telah menghanyutkan kita, dan sungai telah mengalir melingkupi diri kita,

4then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

5maka telah mengalir melingkupi diri kita air yang meluap-luap itu.

5then over us would have gone the raging waters.

6Terpujilah TUHAN yang tidak menyerahkan kita menjadi mangsa bagi gigi mereka!

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

7Jiwa kita terluput seperti burung dari jerat penangkap burung; jerat itu telah putus, dan kitapun terluput!

7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!

8Pertolongan kita adalah dalam nama TUHAN, yang menjadikan langit dan bumi.

8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.