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| [1]The `title of the hundrid and foure and twentithe salm. `The song of greces. Thei that tristen in the Lord ben as the hil of Syon; he schal not be moued with outen ende, |
[1]If the Lord had not been on our side, (may Israel now say) |
| [2]that dwellith in Jerusalem. Hillis ben in the cumpas of it, and the Lord is in the cumpas of his puple; fro this tyme now and in to the world. |
[2]If the Lord had not been on our side, when men rose up against us, |
| [3]For the Lord schal not leeue the yerde of synneris on the part of iust men; that iust men holde not forth her hondis to wickidnesse. |
[3]They had then swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us. |
| [4]Lord, do thou wel; to good men, and of riytful herte. |
[4]Then the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul: |
| [5]But the Lord schal lede them that bowen in to obligaciouns, with hem that worchen wickidnesse; pees be on Israel. |
[5]Then had the swelling waters gone over our soul. |
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[6]Praised be the Lord, which hath not given us as a prey unto their teeth. |
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[7]Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered. |
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[8]Our help is in the name of the Lord, which hath made heaven and earth. |