Psalms 123

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1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:	1 Cantique des montées. Vers toi j’ai levé les yeux, toi qui sièges au haut des cieux.
2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,	2 Les esclaves ne voient que la main de leur seigneur, et la servante, la main de sa maîtresse; nos yeux à nous sont rivés sur le Seigneur: quand notre Dieu aura-t-il pitié de nous?
3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,	3 Aie pitié de nous, Seigneur, aie pitié: nous en avons plus qu’assez d’être méprisés.
4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.	4 Notre âme en a plus qu’assez de ces moqueries des gens à l’aise, de ce mépris des gens supérieurs.
5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.
6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.
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 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.