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

The Song of Moses a little before his death. DEUT. 32.

The Preface.

GIve ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

O Ye the heavens that are high do ye to me give ear, The words that from my mouth proceed O earth now do thou hear.

2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showres upon the grasse.

2

My doctrine as the rain shall drop, my speach as dew shall passe, As small rain on the tender herb, and showrs upon the grasse.

3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatnesse unto our God.

3

Because I surely publish will the Name of God the Lord, Ye greatnesse to our God therefore ascribe with one accord.

The first Part.

4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his wayes are judgement: a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is he.

4

He is the rock, his work's persite, his wayes all judgement be; A God of truth, void of all sin, most just and right is he.

5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are •• perverse and crooked generation.

5

Their spot is not his childrens spot, themselves corrupt'd they far, A crooked generation and a perverse they are.

6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not be thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

6

Unwise people, do ye requite the Lord thus? Is not he Thy father, buyer? Hath he not made and establish'd thee?

7 Remember the dayes of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee, thy elders, and they will tell thee.

7

Remember ye the dayes of old, yeers past consider well; Thy father ask, he will thee shew, thy Elders will thee tell.

8 When the most high divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam,

8

When the most High to Nations did th' inheritance divide, When he the sons of Adam all did separate beside,

He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

He by his wisedome set the bounds then of the people all, According to the number of the children of Isra'l.

9 For the Lords portion is his people: Iacob is the lot of his inheritance.

9

For to his portion hath the Lord his people without blot: And of his own inheritance his Jacob is the lot.

10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wildernesse: he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

10

In wildernesse he found 〈◊〉〈◊〉, in wast howling desert dry: He led, instructed, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 kept as th'••ple of his eye.

11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, ta∣keth them, beareth them on her wings.

11

As th' Eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttreth her young upon, Her wings doth spread, and taketh them, and beareth them thereon.

12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

12

So by his might the Lord alone did lead him carefully, And no strange god there was at all with him in company.

13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields, and he made him to suck hony out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock.

13

On earths high place he made him ride, fields increase for to eat, From flinty rocks he made him suck the oyl and honey sweet.

14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the breed of Bashan,

14

Of Kine the butter, and of sheep the milk, for them in need, With fat of lambs, and also rams, that were of Bashans breed.

And goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat, and thou didst drink the pure bloud of the grape.

He gave them goats, with Kidneys fat of wheat that was right good, And thou also ev'n of the grape didst drink the purest blood.

The second Part.

15 But Iesurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick,

15

But Jesurun then waxed fat, and he did also kick: Thou waxed art exceeding fat, thou art grown very thick,

Thou art covered with fatnesse; then he for∣sook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation.

With fatnesse thou art cov'rd, he then God which him made forsook, And he of his salvations rock light estimation took.

16 They provocked him to jealousie with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

16

They him provok'd to jealousie with strange gods evry way, Him with abominations to wrath provoked they.

17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

17

To dev'ls not God they sacrific'd, to gods whom they not knew, New gods whom not your fathers fear'd, that were come up of new.

18 Of the rock that begat thee thou art un∣mindfull, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

18

Thou art unmindfull of the rock which once thee did beget, And God himself that formed thee thou likewise didst forget.

The third Part.

19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provocking of his sons, and of his daughters.

19

And when the Lord it saw, he did abhor them evry one, Because of the provoking great of daughter and of son.

20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

20

He said, I'le hide from them my face, and I their end will see:

For they a very froward race, and faithlesse children be.

21 They have moved me to jealousie with that which is not God, they have provoked me to anger with their vanities:

21

With that which is not God they have me mov'd to jealousie, To anger they have me provok'd, ev'n with their vanitie.

And I will move them to jealousie with those which are not a people, I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

And I'le them move to jealousie with such as are no flock, Them with a foolish nation to anger I'le provoke.

22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

22

For fire is kindled in my wrath, it burns to lowest hell, Earths increase, hills foundations consum•• and fire it shall.

23 I will heap mischiefs upon them, I will spend mine arrows upon them.

23

Upon them likewise great mischiefes most surely heap I will,

And in mine anger I will spend on them mine arrows ill.

24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter de∣struction:

24

They shall be altogether burnt with pain of hunger great, And with destruction bitter als devour'd with burning heat:

I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poyson of serpents of the dust.

I also will the teeth of beasts upon them fiercely thrust, Ev'n with the poison that is of the serpents of the dust.

25 The sword without, and terrour within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

25

The sword without, terrour within, the young man shall destroy, The virgin, and the suckling als with him whose haires are gray.

26 I said, I would s••atter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

26

I said, that into corners I would them all scatter then,

I would make their remembrance als to cease from among men:

27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strang••ly,

27

Yea were it not I fear'd the wrath of th' enemy they have, And lest that their adversaries should strangely them behave,

And lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

And lest that they with hauty heart should say these words anone: Our hand now high is, and the Lord this work all hath not done.

28 For they are a nation void of counsell, neither is there any understanding in them.

29 O that they were wise, that they under∣stood this, that they would consider their latter end.

28

For of counsell a Nation void they are, nothing know they,

29

O that they wise this understood, and their last end would weigh.

30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

30

How should but one a thousand chase, and two chase thousands ten: ••xcept their Rock thus had them sold, and them shut up had then.

31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even ••ur enemies themselves being judges.

31

For in no way the rock that's theirs as our Rock mighty is, Our enemies themselves they are the judges ev'n of this.

32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom••••nd of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are ••••apes of gall, their clusters are bitter.

••2

Of Sodoms vine and Gomors fields, their vine is surely all, Their clusters they most bitter are, their grapes are grapes of gall.

33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and ••he cruell venime of aspes.

34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and ••aled up among my treasures?

••3

Their wine of dragons poison is, of asps the venim strong:

••4

4 Is not this laid in store with me my treasures seal'd among?

The fourth Part.

35 To me belongeth vengeance, and re¦••mpence, their foot shall slide in due time:

35

Vengeance to me and recompence belongeth for their crime: Their foot shall slide assuredly in due appointed time.

For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

The day of their calamity it is now near at hand, And things that shall upon them come make hast, and shall not stand.

36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants; when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

36

For God shall his own people judge, and for his saints repent, When none shut up or left he sees but that their power is spent.

37 And he shall say, where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted.

37

And he in his great wrath shall say, where are their gods now gone? Their stable rock in whom they all did put their trust alone.

38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your pro∣tection.

38

Which fat ate of their sacrifice, and drank drink offrings wine: Let them rise up now and you help, as your protection fine.

39 See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal:

39

See now that I am he, ev'n I, no god there is with me: I kill, and make alive; I wound, and als make whole to be.

Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

Nor is there any now that can out of my hand deliver:

40

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgement; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

41

If hold my hand on judgement take, and glittring sword I whet, I'le render vengeance to my foes, and pay those that me hate.

42 I will make mine arrows drunk wit•• blood (and my sword shall devour flesh)

42

I also those mine arrows will make drunk with blood therefore, The flesh of all mine enemies my sword it shall devore.

And that with the blood of the slain, and o•• the captives, from the beginning of revenges upo•• the enemy.

With blood of those that have been slain and those that captives ly▪ From the beginning of revenge upon the enemy.

43 Rejoice, O ye nations with his people▪ for he will avenge the bloud of his servants,

43

Rejoice ye nations with his folk, for he who doth not change, Will of his servants all the blood in his own time avenge.

And will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be mercifull unto his land, and to his people.

And will to his adversaries a vengeance render full, And to his people and his land he will be mercifull.