Catholic Public Domain Version
"perhaps the waters would have engulfed us. "
— Psalms 123:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. ”
“Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. ”
“Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. A Song of Ascents. By David.”
“We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.”
“Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.”
“For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.”
“Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. ”
A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:
if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,
perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,
perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.
Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.
Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.
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.