Psalms 123

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW JERUSALEM
1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:	1 [Song of Ascents] I lift up my eyes to you who are enthroned in heaven.
2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,	2 Just as the eyes of slaves are on their masters' hand, or the eyes of a slave-girl on the hand of hermistress, so our eyes are on Yahweh our God, for him to take pity on us.
3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,	3 Have pity on us, Yahweh, have pity, for we have had our full share of scorn,
4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.	4 more than our share of jeers from the complacent. (Scorn is for the proud.)
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.