Psalms 124

1 The song of grecis `of Dauith. Israel seie now, No but for the Lord was in vs;

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 no but for `the Lord was in vs. Whanne men risiden vp ayens vs;

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 in hap thei hadden swalewid vs quike. Whanne the woodnesse of hem was wrooth ayens vs;

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 in hap watir hadde sope vs vp.

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 Oure soule passide thoruy a stronde; in hap oure soule hadde passide thoruy a watir vnsuffrable.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Blessid be the Lord; that `yaf not vs in taking to the teeth of hem.

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Oure soule, as a sparowe, is delyuered; fro the snare of hunters. The snare is al to-brokun; and we ben delyuered.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Oure helpe is in the name of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.