Psalms 123

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.	1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:
2 Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.	2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,
3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.	3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,
4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.	4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.
5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.	5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.
6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.	6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.
7 Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.	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 For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.	8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.