TOJB2011 ▾Tehillim ▾124 ▾Tehillim 1241(Shir HaMa'alot [Song of Ascents] , of Dovid)2If it had not been Hashem Who was lanu, when adam (man) rose up against us;3Then they had swallowed us up chayyim (alive) ; when their wrath was kindled against us;4Then the mayim would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh) ;5Then the mayim hazedonim (treacherous waters) would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh) .6Baruch Hashem , Who hath not given us up as a prey to their shinayim (teeth) .7Nafsheinu (our nefesh) is escaped as a tzippor (bird) out of the pach (snare of the fowlers) ; the pach is broken, and we are escaped.8Ezreinu (our help) B'Shem Hashem Oseh Shomayim vaAretz.Tehillim 123Tehillim 125