Psalms 123

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