A Song of degrees of David.
1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Ndzimu mbhatshi we bathu bawo
1 Ha kwabe kusi Yahwe bakabe bama naswi,
Iziraela ngaalebeleke ngwenu ati,
2 ha kwabe kusi Yahwe bakabe bama naswi,
patakamukigwa nge bathu,
3 bangabe bakatimidza titjila,
pabakabe bakatigwadzilamoyo kwazo
4 tobe takasengwa nge nsundila
vula inobe yakating'wisa nkokhwi.
5 Vula yakabe yakatifukidza
inobe yakating'wisa nkokhwi.
6 Ngakukudziwe Yahwe
ibo basakatilonga
mu milomo ye zwibandana.
7 Takapudzumuka se nyuni
mu dati le bateyi be nyuni,
dati lathubuka,
ngono tikapudzumuka.
8 Bhatsho yedu imu zina la Yahwe,
bakabumba kudzimu ne shango.