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== General Information == | == General Information == | ||
Psalm 124 belongs to the so-called ''Songs of Ascent'', in Latin ''cantica graduum'' or ''step songs''. There are 15 psalms in the series, apparently referring to the 15 steps of the temple in Jerusalem. Psalm 124 is linked to psalm 121, in that both contain 54 words (in Hebrew), the mathematical value of the verb 'keep', 'guard' - the key theme of both psalms. | Psalm 124 belongs to the so-called ''Songs of Ascent'', in Latin ''cantica graduum'' or ''step songs''. There are 15 psalms in the series, apparently referring to the 15 steps of the temple in Jerusalem. Psalm 124 is linked to psalm 121, in that both contain 54 words (in Hebrew), the mathematical value of the verb 'keep', 'guard' - the key theme of both psalms. | ||
== Settings by composers == | == Settings by composers == | ||
*[[If the Lord himself had not been on our side (William Knapp)|William Knapp]] (in English, BCP) | |||
*[[Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält (Johann Walter)|Johann Walter]] (German chorale) | *[[Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält (Johann Walter)|Johann Walter]] (German chorale) | ||
== Texts & translations == | == Texts & translations == | ||
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{{Verse|7}} Anima nostra quasi avis erepta est de laqueo venantium laqueus contritus est et nos liberati sumus. | {{Verse|7}} Anima nostra quasi avis erepta est de laqueo venantium laqueus contritus est et nos liberati sumus. | ||
{{Verse|8}} Auxilium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram. | {{Verse|8}} Auxilium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram. | ||
===Church of England 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer''=== | ===Church of England 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer''=== | ||
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{{Verse|6}} Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered . | {{Verse|6}} Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered . | ||
{{Verse|7}} Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. | {{Verse|7}} Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. | ||
===Statenbijbel (1637)=== | ===Statenbijbel (1637)=== |
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General Information
Psalm 124 belongs to the so-called Songs of Ascent, in Latin cantica graduum or step songs. There are 15 psalms in the series, apparently referring to the 15 steps of the temple in Jerusalem. Psalm 124 is linked to psalm 121, in that both contain 54 words (in Hebrew), the mathematical value of the verb 'keep', 'guard' - the key theme of both psalms.
Settings by composers
- William Knapp (in English, BCP)
- Johann Walter (German chorale)
Texts & translations
Latin Vulgate (Psalm 123)
Latin text
1 Canticum graduum David nisi Dominus fuisset in nobis dicat nunc Israhel.
2 Nisi Dominus fuisset in nobis cum exsurgerent super nos homines.
3 Forsitan vivos absorbuissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum super nos.
4 Forsitan aquae circumdedissent nos.
5 Torrens transisset super animam nostram forsitan transissent super animam nostram aquae superbae.
6 Benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in praedam dentibus eorum.
7 Anima nostra quasi avis erepta est de laqueo venantium laqueus contritus est et nos liberati sumus.
8 Auxilium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram.
Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer
English text
1 If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say : if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us;
2 They had swallowed us up quick : when thy were so wrathfully displeased at us.
3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream had gone over our soul.
4 The deep waters of the proud : had gone even over our soul.
5 But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.
6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered .
7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.
Statenbijbel (1637)
Dutch text
1 Een lied Hammaaloth, van David. Ten ware de HEERE, Die bij ons geweest is, zegge nu Israël,
2 Ten ware de HEERE, Die bij ons geweest is, als de mensen tegen ons opstonden;
3 Toen zouden zij ons levend verslonden hebben, als hun toorn tegen ons ontstak.
4 Toen zouden ons de wateren overlopen hebben; een stroom zou over onze ziel gegaan zijn.
5 Toen zouden de stoute wateren over onze ziel gegaan zijn.
6 De HEERE zij geloofd, Die ons in hun tanden niet heeft overgegeven tot een roof.
7 Onze ziel is ontkomen, als een vogel uit den strik der vogelvangers; de strik is gebroken, en wij zijn ontkomen.
8 Onze hulp is in den Naam des HEEREN, Die hemel en aarde gemaakt heeft.