Psalm 124 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The Church gives glory to God for her deliverance, from the hands of her enemies.
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GR ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν εἰ μὴ ὅτι κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν εἰπάτω δὴ Ισραηλ
LA Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,
EN If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:
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GR εἰ μὴ ὅτι κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ ἐπαναστῆναι ἀνθρώπους ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς
LA nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,
EN If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us,
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GR ἄρα ζῶντας ἂν κατέπιον ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ ὀργισθῆναι τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς
LA forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,
EN perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,
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GR ἄρα τὸ ὕδωρ κατεπόντισεν ἡμᾶς χείμαρρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν
LA forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;
EN perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.
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GR ἄρα διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἀνυπόστατον
LA torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.
EN Our soul has passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.
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GR εὐλογητὸς κύριος ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἡμᾶς εἰς θήραν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν αὐτῶν
LA Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.
EN Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us to be a prey to their teeth.
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GR ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὡς στρουθίον ἐρρύσθη ἐκ τῆς παγίδος τῶν θηρευόντων ἡ παγὶς συνετρίβη καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐρρύσθημεν
LA Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.
EN Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.
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GR ἡ βοήθεια ἡμῶν ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν
LA Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.
EN Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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