Berean Interlinear
Psalm
Chapter 124
                                                            A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—
                                                    
                        
                    
        
        šîr
A song
A song
        
        ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ
of ascents .
of ascents .
        
        lə·ḏā·wiḏ
Of David .
Of David .
        
        Yah·weh
If the LORD
If the LORD
        
        lū·lê
had not
had not
        
        še·hā·yāh
been
been
        
        lā·nū
on our side —
on our side —
        
        yiś·rā·’êl
let Israel
let Israel
        
        nā
now
now
        
        yō·mar-
declare —
                            declare —
                                                            if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
                                                    
                        
                    
                                                            when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
                                                    
                        
                    
        
        ’ap·pām
when their anger
when their anger
        
        ba·ḥă·rō·wṯ
flared
flared
        
        bā·nū
against us ,
against us ,
        
        ’ă·zay
then
then
        
        bə·lā·‘ū·nū
they would have swallowed us
they would have swallowed us
        
        ḥay·yîm
alive ,
                            alive ,
                                                            then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
                                                    
                        
                    
        
        ’ă·zay
then
then
        
        ham·ma·yim
the floods
the floods
        
        šə·ṭā·p̄ū·nū
would have engulfed us ,
would have engulfed us ,
        
        naḥ·lå̄h
[then] the torrent
[then] the torrent
        
        ‘ā·ḇar
would have overwhelmed
would have overwhelmed
        
        ‘al-
. . .
. . .
        
        nap̄·šê·nū
us ,
                            us ,
                                                            then the raging waters would have swept us away.
                                                    
                        
                    
        
        ’ă·zay
then
then
        
        haz·zê·ḏō·w·nîm
the raging
the raging
        
        ham·ma·yim
waters
waters
        
        ‘ā·ḇar
would have swept us away
would have swept us away
        
        ‘al-
. . .
. . .
        
        nap̄·šê·nū
. . . .
                            . . . .
                                                            Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
                                                    
                        
                    
        
        bā·rūḵ
Blessed
Blessed
        
        Yah·weh
[be] the LORD ,
[be] the LORD ,
        
        šel·lō
who has not
who has not
        
        nə·ṯā·nā·nū
given us
given us
        
        ṭe·rep̄
as prey
as prey
        
        lə·šin·nê·hem
to their teeth .
                            to their teeth .
                                                            We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
                                                    
                        
                    
        
        nap̄·šê·nū
We
We
        
        nim·lə·ṭāh
have escaped
have escaped
        
        kə·ṣip·pō·wr
like a bird
like a bird
        
        mip·paḥ
from the snare
from the snare
        
        yō·wq·šîm
of the fowler ;
of the fowler ;
        
        hap·paḥ
the net
the net
        
        niš·bār
is torn ,
is torn ,
        
        wa·’ă·naḥ·nū
and we
and we
        
        nim·lā·ṭə·nū
have slipped away .
                            have slipped away .
                                                            Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.