The songs of the Old and New Testament in meeter by M. Zachary Boyd ...

THE LAMENTATIONS OF IEREMIAH.

CHAPTER. 1.

HOw doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people? how is she become as a wi∣dow?

HOw is it that the City doth sit solitary still? How is she as a Widow now, that people much did fill?

She that was great among the nations, and princesse among the provinces, how is she become tributarie.

She that among the Nations was great, and Princesse made Among Provinces, how is she thus tributary treade?

2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheecks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her,

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She weepeth very sore by night, and on her cheeks are tears; Mong all her Lovers she hath none for comfort in her fears.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

3 Iudah is gone into captivity, because of af∣fliction,

Her friends all have dealt treacherously with her, and turn'd her foes; Judah's gone to captivity, because of many woes;

And because of great servitude: she dwel∣••h among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all ••r persecutors overtook her between the straits.

••nd for the servitude that's great: 'mong heathen she doth dwell, ••e findes no rest, her took in straits her persecutors fell.

4 The wayes of Zion do mourn, because none me to the solemne feasts: all her gates are solate:

The wayes of Zion they do mourn, because there is none that ••ome to the solemn feasts, yea all her gates are desolate.

Her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 she is in bitternesse.

••er Priests they in great trouble sigh, her Virgins more and lesse ••re grievously afflicted all, and she's in bitternes.

5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies ••sper: for the Lord hath afflicted her.

These that are her adversaries, the chief above her be;

Her enemies prosper, for the Lord afflicted her hath he.

For the multitude of her transgressions, her children are gone into captivity before the enemie.

And also for the multitude of her transgressions hye, Her children before th' en'my are gone in captivity.

6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that finde no pasture,

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From her that Zions daughter is, the beauty all is gone, Her Princes are become like Harts, that pasture do finde none.

And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

7 Ierusalem remembred in the dayes of her affliction.

Before the fierce pursuer they without all strength are gone.

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Salem remembred in the dayes of her affliction,

And of her miseries, all her pleasant things that she had in the dayes of old,

And in time of her miseries things pleasant to behold,

That she had in possession ev'n in the dayes of old,

When her people fell into the hand of the enemie, and none did help her, the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

When fell in hands of enemies the people of her stock, And none her helpt, the foes it saw, and did her Sabbaths mock.

8 Ierusalem hath grievously sinned: there∣fore she is removed: all that honoured her, de∣spise her,

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Jerusalem sinn'd greivously, she is remov'd therfore: They all together her despise, that honour••d her before:

Because they have seen her nakednesse: yea, she sigheth and turneth backward.

Because that they her nakednes have seen while she did mourn, Yea, she doth sigh most heavily, and backward als doth turn:

9 Her filthinesse is in her skirts, she remem∣breth not her last end, therefore she came downe wonderfully:

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Her filthines is in her skirts, her last end she not on

At all remembreth, therefore she came wonderfully down.

She had no comforter: O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemie hath magnified himself.

No comforter she had; O Lord, see my affliction, For that the enemy himself hath magnifi'd alone.

10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen

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The adversary hath spread out his hand on what had been All her things pleasant on the earth, for she hath clearly seen

That the heathen entred into her Sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

That heathen men had thus into her Sanctuary gone, Whom thou wouldst not to enter in thy Congregation.

11 All her people sigh, they seek bread, they have given their pleasant things for meat to re∣lieve the soul:

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Her people sigh, they all seek bread, and also they did give

Their things that pleasant are for mear, their soul for to relieve.

See, O Lord, and consider, for I am become ••ile.

12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that passe by? behold and see,

See Lord: consider, for I'm vile,

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Is it nothing to you All passers by? See and also this well consider now,

If there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me, in the day of his fierce anger.

If any sorrow be like mine done to me, ev'ry way Wherewith the Lord afflicted me in his fierce angers day.

13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them:

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He from above into my bones sent fire me to assail, And it in a most fearfull way against them doth prevail:

He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath ••urned me back: he hath made me desolate, and faint all the day.

He turnd me back, and for my feet a net spread in the way;

He hath als made me desolate, and faint ev'n all the day.

14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my n••c••:

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The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand alone, They wreathed are, and also they come up my neck upon:

He hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

He hath my strength made for to fall, the Lord hath me likewise Delivered into their hands from whom I cannot rise.

15 The Lord hath troden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me,

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God under foot in midst of me hath trod my mighties all, In midst of me; he against me did an assemblie call

To crush my young men: the Lord hath troden the virgin, the daughter of Iudah, as in •• wine-presse.

So for to crush my young men all; the Lord hath with distresse

The virgin Judahs daughter trode, ev'n as in a wine-presse.

16 For these things I weep, mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the com∣forter that should relieve my soul, is far from me:

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For this I weep, with water down mine eye doth run, mine eye, For the comforter that my soul should save, is farre from me:

My children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her:

Because the enemy prevail'd my sonnes are spoil'd eachone

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Zion she spreadeth forth her hands, to comfort her there's none,

The Lord hath commanded concerning Iacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Ierusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

Concerning Jacob God ordaind his foes about him round; Among them is Jerus'lem as a menstruous woman found.

18 The Lord is righteous, for I have rebel∣••ed against his commandment: hear I pray you, ••ll people, and behold my sorrow:

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The Lord is righteous, for I have rebell'd against his will: I pray you people all to hear. and see my sorrow still:

My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

19 I called for my lovers but they deceived me;

My Virgins and my young Men are gone in captivitie▪

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I for my lovers then did call, but they deceived me.

My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to re∣lieve their souls.

My Priests, yea and mine Elders als then up the ghost did give, While meat they in the city sought their souls for to relieve.

20 Behold, O Lord, for I am in distresse; my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled:

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See Lord, my bowels troubled are, for in distresse am I: Mine heart's turn'd in me, for I have rebelled grievously,

Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

21 They have heard that I sigh, there is none to comfort me:

Abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death we see:

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They have all heard that I do sigh there's none to comfort me:

All mine enemies have heard of my trouble, they are glad that thou hast done it▪ thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called,

Mine en'mies all my trouble heard, that thou the same hast done They are right glade; thou'lt bring they day that thou hast cald anone,

And they shall be like unto me.

22 Let all their wickednesse come before thee, and do unto them,

And they shall be like unto me:

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Do thou now let therefore Ev'n all their grievous wickednes come clearly thee before.

And do thou unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions, for my sigh•• are many and my heart is faint.

As thou to me for all my faults hast done, do them unto, For now my sighs they many are, my heart is faint also.

CHAPTER II.

HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beautie of Israel,

HOw Zions daughter hath the Lord cov'rd with a cloud in wrath? And unto earth from heav'n cast down Israels beauty hath?

And remembred not his footstool in the day of his anger?

2 The Lord swallowed up the habitations of Iacob:

And in the day of's wrath did not to minde his footstool call?

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The Lord the habitations hath of Jacob swallow'd all,

And hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Iudah:

And he them hath not pitied: he in his wrath so sad Thrown down by force hath the strong holds that Judahs daughter had:

He hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.

He by his might unto the ground hath made them all to fall: The kingdom he polluted hath, and Princes there of all,

3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemie,

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Of Isra'l all the horn cut off in his fierce wrath hath he, He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemie:

And ••e burned against Iacob like a flaming fire which devoureth round about.

4 He hath bent his bow like an enemie:

'Gainst Jacob he like flaming fire did burn which wasts about:

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He hath his bow bent, like unto an enemy most stou••.

He stood with his right hand as an adversary▪ ••nd slew all that were pleasant to the eye, in the ••bernacle of the daughter of Zion:

••s an adversarie he stood, what pleasant was to th' eye ••ith his right hand within the tent of Zion all slew he:

He poured out his furie like fire.

5 The Lord was as an enemie: he hath

swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces:

His fury he powr'd out like fire,

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God was as enemy: He swallow'd Isra'l, he devour'd he palaces so hy:

He hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah mourning and lamentation.

His strong holds he destroyed hath, and hath increasde anone In Judahs daughter mourning great, and lamentation.

6 And he hath violently taken away••his ta∣bernacle, as if it were of a garden, he hath de∣stroyed his places of the assembly:

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He violently remov'd his tent, as't of a garden were, He of th' assembly hath destroyd the places that are there:

The Lord hath caused the solemne feasts and ••abbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath de∣spised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

God causd in Zion sol••mn feasts and sabbaths be forgot, In his wraths indignation he King, Priest, regarded not.

7 The Lord hath cast off his alter: he hath abhorred his sanctuarie: he hath given up in∣to the hand of the enemie the walls of her pa∣laces;

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The Lord his altar hath cast off, and loth'd his Sanctuary: Her palace wals he in the hand gave of the enemy,

They have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Within the house that is the Lords a noise als made have they, As if it for a solemn feast had been a joyfull day.

8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he hath stretched out a line: he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying:

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The Lord hath purpos'd to destroy his Zions daughters wall He stretch'd a line, he not withdrew his hand from wasting all.

Therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament, they languished together.

9 Her g••••es are sunk into the ground;

Therefore he made the rampart so and wall for to lament; They languished together then;

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Her gates to ground they went:

He hath destroyed and broken her bars; her king and her princes are among the Gentiles; the law is no more,

He hath destroyd, and broke her bars, her King and Princes thus, Among the Gentiles scattered are, the law no more's for us.

Her prophets also finde no vision from the LORD.

10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and keep silence:

Her Prophets also from the Lord at all no vision found,

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Of Zions daughter th'elders als sit silent on the ground;

They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth;

In this their grief they have cast up the dust their heads upon, And they themselves have also girt with sackcloth evry one;

The virgins of Ierusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

11 Mine eyes do fail with tears; my bowels are troubled;

And Salems virgins hang their heads down to the ground right farre,

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Mine eyes they now do fail with tears: my bowels troubled are,

My liver is poured upon the earth, for the de∣••••ruction of the daughter of my people, because ••e children and the sucklings swoon in the ••e••ts of the city.

••y liver is powr'd on the earth for the destruction ••f people mine, because in streets young children sucklings swoon.

12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn ••d wine? when they swooned as the wounded in ••e streets of the city,

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They to their mothers said, Where is corn, wine for to be found? ••hen as within the cities streets as wounded men they swoon'd,

When their soul was poured out into their ••thers bosome.

••'n at the same time when their soul the city all throughout to their mothers bosome was with sorrow powred out.

13 What thing shall I take to witnesse for ••e? what thing shall I liken to thee? O ••••ghter of Ierusalem?

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What thing for thee to witnesse now shall taken be by me? O Salems daughter what shall I now liken unto thee?

What shall I equall to thee, that I may fort the••, O virgin daughter of Zion? fo•• breach is great like the sea;

O Virgin Zions daughter dear that I may comfort thee, What shall I equall thee unto? thy breach great's like the sea.

Who can heal thee?

14 Thy prophets have seen vain and f•• ••hings for thee,

Who is he that well can thee heal?

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Thy prophets they have seen Such things for thee as meerly vain and foolish als have been,

And they have not discovered thine iniq•• ••urn away thy captivity; but have seen fo•• false burdens, and causes of banishment.

Thy sin they not discovered, thy thrall to turn away But burdens false, of banishment the causes seen have they.

15 All that passe by, clap their ha•• thee; they hisse and wag their head at the d••••er of Ierusalem, saying, Is this the city,

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All that passe by clap hands at thee they hisse and wag their head At Salems daughter, saying thus, is this the town indeed,

That men call the perfection of beautie, the ••oy of the whole earth?

16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hisse and gnash ••he teeth:

That men beauties perfection call of the whole earth the joy,

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'Gainst thee thy foes their mouth make wide, hisse, gnash their teeth do they:

They say, We have swallowed her up: certain∣ly this is the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it.

They say we have her swallow'd up this surely is the day We looked for; we have it found, we have it seen alway.

17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised: he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the dayes of old:

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The Lord hath done what he devisd, fulfill'd he hath by sword, That in the dayes that were of old he did command by word.

He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied and he hath caused thine enemies to rejoice o•• thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversari••▪

He down did throw and piti'd not he causd thine enemies To joy ov'r thee, the horn he raisd of thine adversaries.

18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O w•• of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down li•• a river day and night:

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Their heart did cry unto the Lord, O Zions daughters wall, Let tears down still both day and night ev'n like a river fall.

Give thy self no rest, let not the appl•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thine eyes cease.

19 Arise, cry out in the night:

Give to thy self no rest, let not cease th' apple of thine eye

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Do thou arise, and in the night cease thou not out to cry:

In the beginning of the watches powre 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thine heart like water before the face of the Lor••▪

See that in the beginning of the watches thou powre out Thine heart before the face of God, like water round about.

Lift up thy hands towards him, for the life of ••y young children, that faint for hunger in the ••p of every street.

••hy hand to him lift for the life of thy young children all: ••hat in the top of every street for hunger fainting fall.

20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom ••ou hast done this: shall the women eat their ••uit, and children of a span long?

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Lo. Lord, consider to whom thou hast done this us among: •• shall the women eat their fruit and babes of a span long?

Shall the Priest and the Prophet be slain in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sanctuary of the Lord.

21 The young and the old lie on the ground 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the streets:

••hall Priest and Prophet thus be slain in Gods own Sanctuary?

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The young and old both on the ground within the streets do ly:

My virgins and my young men are fallen by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sword: thou hast slain them in the day of ••y anger, thou hast killed and not pitied.

••ly Virgins, young men fell by sword, thou hast them slain at last, ••v'n in the day of thy fierce wrath thou kill'd, not piti'd hast.

22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrours round about, so that in the day of the Lords anger none escaped

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Thou hast as in a solemn day my terrours round about Call'd so, that in Gods day of wrath none hath escaped out,

Nor remained: those that I have swadled and brought up, hath mine enemy consumed.

Nor yet remained hath alive. those that I swadled have, And als brought up, mine enemy consum'd hath in the grave.

CHAPTER III.

I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

2 He hath led me and brought me into dark∣nesse, but not into light.

I Am the man that greef hath seen by rod of his own wrath.

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Now into darknesse, not to light me led, and brought he hath.

3 Surely against me is he turned, he turneth his hand against me all the day.

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Surely against me ev'ry where he turned is alway: He in his wrath doth turn his hand against me all the day▪

4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old, he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 broken my bones.

5 He hath builded against me, and compas∣•••• me with gall and travell.

My flesh and skin he hath made old, and bones hath broken small:

He 'gainst me built, and compast me with travel and with gall.

6 He hath set me in dark places, as they 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be dead of old.

7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot 〈◊〉〈◊〉 out: he hath made my chain heavie.

He hath me in dark places set, as who of old be dead:

He hedg'd me, out I can not get, my chain he heavy made.

8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out ••y prayer.

9 He hath enclosed my wayes with hewe•• one: he hath made my paths ••ro••ked.

When also I do cry and shout, my prayer out shuts he:

He with hew'n stone my wayes enclosd, my paths made crook'd to be.

10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, ••nd as a lion in secret places.

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He was unto me as a Bear, that lying is in wait,

And as a lion that is in the places most secret.

11 He hath turned aside my wayes, and pu••led me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

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He turned hath aside my wayes, and also more then that He hath me pull'd in pieces all, he made me desolate.

12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

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He bent his bow, he as a mark for th'arrow set me so.

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He hath his quivers arrowes causd to pierce my reins into.

14 I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

15 He hath filled me with bitternesse, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

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I to my people scorn, and song all day was made to be:

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He hath me fil'd with bitternesse, with wormwood drunk made he.

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gra∣vell stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

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He also broken hath my teeth with gravell stones in wrath,

And likewise in his rage he me with ashes cov'red hath.

17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forga•• prosperitie.

18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord.

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I good forgat, my soul thou hast from peace removed far:

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I said that from the Lord my strength and hope als perish'd are.

19 Remembring mine affliction and my mi∣serie, the wormwood and the gall.

20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

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Remembring mine affliction, gall, wormwood, miserie;

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My soul doth still remember them, and humbled is in me.

21 This I recall to my minde, therefore have I hope.

22 It is of the Lords mercie that we are not consumed,

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This I do to my minde recall, therefore I hope in thee,

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It's of the mercies of the Lord wee not consumed be,

Because his compassions fail not.

32 They are new every morning: great is th•• faithfulnesse.

Because that his compassions fail not in any case:

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They evry-morning still are new, great is thy faithfulnesse.

24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him.

25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

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The Lord's my portion, saith my soul, I'le hope in him therefore:

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God's good to them that wait for him to soules that him adore.

26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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It's good that both a man should hope, and also quietly For the salvation of the Lord wait on continually.

27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, be∣cause he hath born it upon him.

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It's good in's youth man bear the yoke,

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He sitteth so alone, And silence keepes, because that he hath born it him upon.

29 He putteth his mouth in the dust: if so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 there may be hope.

30 He giveth his cheek to him that smi••et•• ••im, he is filled full with reproach.

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His mouth he putteth in the dust, if so there hope may be:

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He to the smiter▪ gives his cheek, fill'd with reproach is he,

31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

32 But though he cause grief, yet will he ••ave compassion according to the multitude of his ••••ercies.

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For God for ay will not cast off:

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Though greef he cause, yet good He'le pitie have according to his mercies multitude.

33 For he doth not afflict willingly; nor grieve the children of men.

34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

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For willingly he not afflicts, nor doth mens children grieve:

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Under his feet all prisoners to crush on earth that live.

35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most high.

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord ••ppro••eth not.

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To turn aside mans right before the face of the most Hye,

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God to subvert man in his cause approves not willingly.

37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to passe, when the Lord commandeth it not.

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Who is he that saith, and it then to passe comes in the land, When as the Lord in any way did not the same command?

38 Out of the mouth of the most high pro∣ceedeth not evil and good.

39 Wherefore doth a living man complain,

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Out of the most Highs mouth doth not both good and ill proceed,

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Wherefore thus doth a living man complain in any need?

A man for the punishment of his sins?

40 Let us search and try our wayes, and turn again to the Lord.

A man for his sins punishment.

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Let us to search attain And try our wayes, and to the Lord let us now turn again.

41 Let us lift our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled, thou hast not pardoned.

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Let us lift up our heart and hands to God in heav'n at last:

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We have transgressed and rebel'd and thou not pardon'd hast.

43 Thou hast covered with anger, and per∣secuted us: thou hast stain, thou hast not pitied.

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Thou persecuted hast, and us with anger cov'rd at last, Thou hast us by our enemies slain. and thou not pitied hast.

44 Thou hast covered thy self with a cloud that our prayer should not passe through.

45 Thou hast made us as the off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

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Thou with a cloud thee cov'rd, that through our suit passe should not thus.

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Th' off-scouring and refuse thou madst in midst of people us.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

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Against us opned have their mouths our enemies eachone:

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Destruction, desolation, fear, and snares come us upon.

48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of

water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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With rivers ev'n of water great still runneth down mine eye, Ev'n for destruction that doth on my peoples daughter ly.

49 Mine eye trickleth down and ceaseth not, without any intermission:

50 ••ill the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

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Mine eye down trickleth, without cease or intermission:

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Till that the Lord from Heav'n behold, and us look down upon.

51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart, because of all the daughters of my citie.

52 Mine enemies chased me sore like a bird, without cause.

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Mine eye affects▪ my heart, ev'n for my cities daughters all:

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Me without cause sore chas'd my foes like to a bird that's small.

53 They have cut of my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

54 Waters flowed over mine head, then I said, I am cut off.

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In dungeon they cut off my life, and cast on me a stone;

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The waters ov'r my head did flow, I said, cut off I'm gone.

55 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of ••he low dungeon.

56 Thou hast heard my voice, hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

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Out of the dungeon low, O Lord, on thy Name called I,

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Thou heardst my voice, hide not thine ear while I do breath and cry.

57 Thou drewest near in the day that I cal∣led upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

58 O Lord, thou hast plead••d the causes of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.

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Thou near drewst when I call'd on thee, thou saidst, Let fear be past,

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Thou pleadst the causes of my soul, my life redeem'd thou hast.

59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong, judge thou my cause.

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, and all their imaginations against me.

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O Lord, do thou now judge my cause my wrong all seene thou hast,

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Thou their imaginations sawst and vengeance 'gainst me hast.

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me.

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Thou hast most clearly heard, O Lord, how their reproach did fall, And their imaginations that were against me all.

62 The lips of those that rose up against me and their device against me all the day.

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The lips of those that up did rise against me evry way, And their device mischievous all against me all the day.

63 Behold their sitting down and their rising up, I am their musick.

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Behold their sitting down, and als their rising up for ill: I in this case most surely am become their musick still.

64 Render unto them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

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Unto them in thy sury great O thou, the mighty Lord, According to their handy work a recompence afford,

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse un∣to them.

66 Persecute and destroy them in anger, from under the heavens of the Lord.

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Unto them sorrow give of heart, thy curse unto them render,

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From under the Lords heav'ns destroy, them persecute in anger.

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 f••rre? 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 pi••ohers, the work of the hands of the potter!

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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, ••hey give suck to their young ones: the daughter ••f my people is become cruell, like the ostriches ••n the wildernesse.

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•• 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 ••o the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young

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

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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.

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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,

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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;

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Her Nazarites more pure then snow, then milk they whiter were.

They were more rudy in body then rubies, their ••olishing 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:

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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;

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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 th••mselves with bloud, so that men could not touch their garments.

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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:

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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.

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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 for our

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

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For us, our eyes for our vain help as yet th••y f••iled have, We in our watching watched for a Nation could not save.

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

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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.

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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 anointe•• of the Lord was taken in their pits, of whom we said,

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

Vnder his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

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

Under his ••••addow we shall live among the heathen thus,

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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.

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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.

CHAPTER V.

REmember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproch.

REmember now, O Lord our God, what is come us upon, Consider also our reproch, and it behold anone.

2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to alients.

3 We are Orphans and fatherlesse, our mo∣thers are as widows.

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To strangers turnd's our heritage, our house to aliants far:

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We Orphans are and Fatherlesse, our mothers widows are.

4 We have drunken our water for money, our wood is sold unto us.

5 Our necks are under persecution: we la∣bour and have no rest.

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For money we our water drink, our wood is sold to us:

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Our necks under affliction are we restlesse labour thus.

6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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We unto the Egyptians have giv'n the hand in need,

And to th' Assyrians, for to be but satisfi'd with bread.

7 Our fathers have sinned and are not, and ••e have born their iniquities.

8 Servants have ruled over us: there is ••ne that doth deliver us out of their hand.

Sinn'd have our fathers, and are not, and born their sins we have,

Ov'r us rul'd servants, and none doth out of their hand us save.

9 We gat our bread with the perill of our 〈◊〉〈◊〉, because of the sword of the wildernesse.

With perill of our lives we gat our bread in great distresse, ••ecause of the most bloody sword that was in wildernesse.

10 Our skin was black like an oven, because the terrible famine.

11 They ravished the women in Zion, and ••••maids in the cities of Iudah.

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Our skin for famine terrible like as ••ne ov'n was black,

They Zions women, Judahs maids by ravishing did take.

12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the ••es of elders were not honoured.

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Up by their hand most cruelly the Princes hang'd are there, The faces of the Elders als by no man honourd were

13 They took the young men to grinde, an•• the children fell under the wood.

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, th•• young men from their musick.

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They took the young men for to grind boyes under wood did fall,

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The Elders ceased from the gate, from musick young men all.

15 The joy of our heart is ceased, our da•••• is turned into mourning.

16 The crown is fallen from our head: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 unto us that we have sinned.

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Joy of our heart it ceased is, our dance to mourning's t••rned,

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The crown is fallen from our head, woe's us that we have sinned.

17 For this our heart is faint, for these thi•• our eyes are dim.

18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which desola••e, the foxes walk upon it.

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For this our heart is faint, our eyes are dim for things so done,

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For Zions hill that's desolate, it foxes walk upon.

19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever: thy ••••rone from generation to generation.

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Thou who art the most mighty Lord remainst for ever fast: ••hy Throne from generation doth to generation last.

20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, ••••d forsake us so long time?

21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we ••••ll be turned:

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〈◊〉〈◊〉 Why us forgetst thou still and als ••so long forsak'st us all:

Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and turned be we shall:

〈◊〉〈◊〉 Renew our dayes as of old.

22 But thou hast utterly rejected us: thou art 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wroth against us.

〈◊〉〈◊〉 as of old renew our dayes:

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But utterly thou both 〈◊〉〈◊〉 us rejected, and thou art with us exceeding wroth.