1 Ὠιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν.
Οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ κύριον ὡς ὄρος Σιων·
οὐ σαλευθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὁ κατοικῶν Ιερουσαλημ.
2 ὄρη κύκλῳ αὐτῆς,
καὶ κύριος κύκλῳ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ
ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.
3 ὅτι οὐκ ἀφήσει τὴν ῥάβδον τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν
ἐπὶ τὸν κλῆρον τῶν δικαίων,
ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἐκτείνωσιν οἱ δίκαιοι
ἐν ἀνομίᾳ χεῖρας αὐτῶν.
4 ἀγάθυνον, κύριε, τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς
καὶ τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ·
5 τοὺς δὲ ἐκκλίνοντας εἰς τὰς στραγγαλιὰς
ἀπάξει κύριος μετὰ τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν.
εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τὸν Ισραηλ.
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.