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,
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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.
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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.
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Lord, do thou wel; to good men, and of riytful herte.
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But the Lord schal lede them that bowen in to obligaciouns, with hem that worchen wickidnesse; pees be on Israel.
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A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. If the Lord had not bene on our side, (may Israel now say)
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If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,
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They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.
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Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:
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Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.
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Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.
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Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.
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Our helpe is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heauen and earth.
Green's Literal Translation (LITV). Copyright 1993 by Jay P. Green Sr.
All rights reserved. Jay P. Green Sr., Lafayette, IN. U.S.A. 47903.
Permission to non-commercially distribute freely
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