Psalms 125

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:	1 [Song of Ascents] Whoever trusts in Yahweh is like Mount Zion: unshakeable, it stands for ever.
2 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us	2 Jerusalem! The mountains encircle her: so Yahweh encircles his people, henceforth and for ever.
3 perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,	3 The sceptre of the wicked wil not come to rest over the heritage of the upright; or the upright mightset their own hands to evil.
4 perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.	4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to the sincere at heart.
5 Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.	5 But the crooked, the twisted, turn them away, Yahweh, with evil-doers. Peace to Israel!
6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the followers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.