18 The mighty Rock, that thee begat,
Is from thy mind remote ;

Thou hast the God, that formed thee,
Ungratefully forgot.

19 When this JEHOVAH's eye beheld,
He did them slight and lothe,
For the provoking of his sons,
And of his daughters both.

20 He said, I'll hide from them

my face,
See what their end shall be,
For they're a very froward race,
A faithless progeny.

21 They have me mov'd to jealousy,
With that which is no god;
To wrath they have provoked me,
With idols vain and odd:

So them to wrath I'll move with these
That are no people now;
And, with a foolish nation, will
Provoke and vex them too.

SECT. IV,

God's Indignation against Israel for their Sins.

22 For in my indignation hot

Enkindled is a fire,

Which to the lowest hell shall burn,
With unappeased ire:

It shall consume the earth, with all,
The increase she distills;

And, flaming fierce, shall set on fire
The bottoms of the hills.

23 Mischiefs I will upon them heap,
Mine arrows on them spend.

24 With hunger burn, with heat devour,
With ruin sharp contend,

I'll send on them the cruel teeth
Of beasts, with greedy gust;
The poison likewise of the snakes,
That lurk among the dust.

25 The sword without, and dread within
Shall youths and maids destroy;
The sucking children also reave,
And hoary heads annoy..

26 Thus said I, I will scatter them
To corners out of ken:

And make their whole remembrance cease
Among the sons of men:

27 But that I fear'd their wrathful foes,
To strange behaviour prone,
Would proudly say, Our hand is high,
Not JAH all this hath done.

28 For they a foolish nation are,
So void of counsel sound;
No understanding is in them,
Nor knowledge to be found.

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that they were wise in heart,
That this they understood,

That they would mind their latter end,
To their eternal good;

30 For, how shall one a thousand chase,
And two a thousand rout,

Had not the Lord, their rock, them sold,
And shut up round about?

31 For their rock cannot equal ours,
Whose pow'r superior known,

Our foes themselves are, to their cost,
As judges, forc'd to own.

32 For, lo! their vines of Sodom are
And of Gomorrah's fields;

Their grapes are loathsome, grapes of gall,
That bitter clusters yield.

83 Like to the dragon's poison is

The wine which they produce,
And like the cruel gall of asps,
For killing, not for use.

34 And is not this laid up in store,
Recorded in my mind,

Seal'd up among my treasures hid,
Until the time design'd?

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36 But yet the righteous Lord will judge a
His people with allay;

And for his servants will himself
Repenting, change his way:

When he observes their pow'r is gone,
And they, of help bereft,

Are to the last extreme reduc'd,
And none shut up or left.

37 Then to disgrace their idols vain,
Where are their gods? he'll say,
Their rock on whom they basely threw
Their confidence away;

38 Which ate their sacrifices fat,

Drank their wine-off'rings too?
Let them rise up to be your help,
And your protection now.

SECT. V..

Conclusion of the Song; including Glory to God, Terror to his Encmies, and Comfort to his People.

39 See then that I now, ev'n I am,
No God there is with me:

I kill and quicken, wound and heal,
None can my fury flee:

From lashes of my lifted hand,
There's none that can deliver:

40 For I lift up my hand to heav'n,
And say I live for ever.

41 If I but whet my glittring sword,
On judgment to take hold;

I'll render vengeance to my foes,
Reward my haters bold.

42 I'll make my arrows drunk with blood, (My sword with flesh inclose,) With blood of slain, and captives both, From first revenge of foes.

43 O! joy and sing, ye nations all, With people that are his:

For he'll avenge his servants blood,
Which to him precious is;
He'll render vengeance to his foes,
With his uplifted hand;
But favour to his people show,
And mercy to his land.

SONG VIII,

Moses's last Words: or, the Excellency of Israel,
Deut. xxiii. 26,-29.

26 THERE'S none like to Jeshurun's God,
Who rides, thy helper high,

On heav'n; and in his

Upon the azure sky.

pomp abroad

27 Th' eternal God thy home secure,
And refuge is from harms;

And underneath, to prop thee sure,
Are everlasting arms.

Before thy face he'll drive the foe,
That would thy rest annoy;
His pow'r resistless, to o'erthrow,
Shall need but say, destroy.

28 Then Isra'l safe alone shall dwell;
And Jacob's eye shall view

The land where corn and wine excell,
And heav'n distils its due.

29 O Isra'l happy in thy Lord,
No people's safe like thee:

He's of thy help, the shield, the sword
Of thy excellency.

Thus arm'd, thy foes shall stoop to thee,
To feign'd submission aw'd;

Thou shalt tread down their places high,

Their fence of lies and fraud.

SONG IX.

The Song of Deborah and Barak, on Israel's signal Victory over King Jabin. Judges v. 1,-31.

2 PRAISE ye the Lord, for the revenge Of Isra'l on his foes,

When for the war, the people bent,

As volunteers arose.

3 Ye kings give ear; ye princes, hear; Attention sets you well;

I'll sing to JAH, I'll sing to JAH,

The God of Israel.

4 Lord, when in state thou went'st from Seir,
In march from Edom's field,

The earth did quake, the heav'ns did drop,
The clouds their show'rs distill'd. ¡

5 Away before Jehovah's face,

The melting mountains wore;
Before Jehovah, Israel's God,
As Sinai blaz'd before.

6 In Shamgar son of Anath's time,
In Jael's troublous days,

The roads infested were untrode,
And trav❜lers took by-ways.

7 Then Isra'l's villagers harass'd,

Did cease, through fear, did cease,
Till I, Deborah, rose; I rose,

A mother there for peace.

8 New gods they choose; then wars arose,
And spite of gates were keen :
Where was in Isra'l shield or spear
'Mong forty thousands seen?

9 My heart is tow'rd the governors,
That rule in Isra'l's coasts,

Who 'mong the folk were volunteers;
the Lord of hosts.

Bless ye

10 Speak, ye that on white asses ride,
Ye that in judgment sit;

And ye who safe can tread the way,
Speak out his praises fit.