The Psalms of David in meeter with the prose interlined / by Mr. Zachary Boyd ...

CHAPTER IV.

HOw is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

HOw is the gold thus dim become? how's fine gold changed farre? The temples stones out in the top of each street powred are.

2 The precious sons of Zion, compareable to fine gold, how are they esteemed to earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

2 The precious sons of Sion like to fine gold in the lands, How are they as earths pitchers thought the work of potters hands?

3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruell, like the ostriches in the wildernesse.

3 Sea monsters ev'n draw out the breasts their young ones suck to give, My people's fierce like ostritches in wildernesse that live.

4 The tongue of the sucking childe cleaveth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young

children ask bread, and no man breaketh it un∣to them.

4 The sucking childe his tongue for thirst to his mouths roof cleaves so, The children young ask bread, and none it breaketh them unto.

5 They that did feed delicately, are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scar∣let, embrace dunghils.

5 They that did delicatly feed in streets are desolate? They that in scarlet were brought up dunghills embrace for that:

6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people, is greater then the pu∣nishment of the sin of Sodom,

6 Of sins my peoples daughter did the punishment is more Then of the sin of Sodome was the punishment before.

That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

7 Her Nazarites were purer then snow, they were whiter then milk,

That in a moment was ov'rthrown, no hands did stay on her; 7 Her Nazarites more pure then snow, then milk they whiter were.

They were more rudy in body then rubies, their polishing was of saphire.

8 Their visage is blacker then a coal: they are not known in the streets:

Then rubies they more rudy were, as polish'd saphire drawn: 8 Their visage blacker's then a coal, in streets they are not known.

Their skin cleaveth to their bones: it is wi∣thered, it is become like a stick.

9 They that be slain with the sword, are bet∣ter then they that be slain with hunger:

Their skin it cleaveth to their bones, it like a stick doth wither: 9 The slain with sword are better then they that be slain with hunger.

For these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

For piece and piece those pine away, before to death they yeeld, They stricken through are for the want of fruits that fill the field.

10 The hands of the pitifull women have sod∣den their own children, they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

10 The hands of women pitifull their children sodden have, My folk in their destruction for meat them did receive.

11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury, he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

11 His fury God accomplish'd hath, his wrath he out did powre; In Zion he put fire which there its ground-works did devoure.

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inha∣bitants of the world would not▪ have beleeved, that the adversary and the enemie should have entred into the gates of Ierusalem.

12 Kings of the earth and dwellers in the world would not believe, That th' en'mie into Salems gates to enter should get leave.

13 For the sins of her prophets , and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the bloud of the just in the midst of her;

13 For sins of all her prophets vile and priests iniquities, That of the just have shed the blood in midst of her that lyes.

14 They have wandred as blinde men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with bloud, so that men could not touch their garments.

14 As blind they wandred in the streets, themselves polluted much They have with blood, ev'n so that men could not their garments touch.

15 They cryed unto them, Depart ye , it is unclean, depart, depart, touch not, when they fled away and wandred:

15 They cried unto them, Depart, unclean it is, we say, Depart, depart, touch not, when thus they wandring fled away:

They said among the heathen, they shall no more sojourn there.

16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them,

They said among the heathen, there no more sojourn they shall. 16 The anger of the mighty Lord divided hath them all.

He will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

Hee'l have no more regard to them: of priests the persons they Respected not, they favoured not the elders any way.

17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed sor our

vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

17 For us, our eyes for our vain help as yet they failed •…•…have, We in our watching watched for a Nation could not save.

18 They hunt our steps that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our dayes are ful∣filled, for our end is come.

18 They hunt our steps, that we can not go in our streets ov'rcome, Our end is near, our dayes fulfill'd are, for our end is come.

19 Our persecutors are swifter then the eagles of the heaven▪ they pursued us upon the moun∣tains, they laid wait for us in the wildernes.

19 Our persecutors swifter are then heavens Eagles, thus On hils they us pursu'd, and wait in desert laid for us.

20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits, of whom we said,

20 Likewise of our nostrils the breath th'Anointed of the Lord, Was apprehended in their pits of whom we said this word,

Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of E∣dom, that dwellest in the land of Uz.

Under his •…•…haddow we shall live among the heathen thus, 21 Rejoice, O E•…•…oms daughter that dwell'st in the land of Uz.

The cup also shall passe through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thy self naked.

The cup also shall passe ev'n through till it come unto thee: Thou shalt thy self all naked make, and thou shalt drunken be.

22 The punishment of thine iniquitie is ac∣complished, O daughter of Zion, he will no more cary thee away into captivity.

22 The punishment accomplish'd is of thine iniquitie, O Zions daughter he'le no more as captive cary thee.

He will visit thine iniquitie, O daughter of Edom, he will discover thy sins.

O thou that Edoms daughter art he surely visit still Wilt thine iniquity, and he thy sins discover will.