" aGive ear
, O heavens
, and let me speak
; And let the earth
hear
the words
of my mouth
.
" aLet my teaching drop
as the rain
, My speech
distill
as the dew
, bAs the droplets
on the fresh
grass
And as the showers
on the herb
.
" aFor I proclaim the name
of the LORD
; bAscribe
greatness
to our God
!
" aThe Rock! His work
is perfect
, bFor all
His ways
are 1just
; cA God
of faithfulness
and without
injustice
, Righteous
and upright
is He.
" 1 aThey have acted corruptly
toward Him, They are not His children
, because of their defect
; bBut are a perverse
and crooked
generation
.
"Do you thus arepay
the LORD
, bO foolish
and unwise
people
? cIs not He your Father
who has bought
you? dHe has made
you and established
you.
"Remember the days
of old
, Consider
the years
of all
generations
. aAsk
your father
, and he will inform
you, Your elders
, and they will tell
you.
" aWhen the Most High
gave
the nations
their inheritance
, When He separated
the sons
of 1man
, He set
the boundaries
of the peoples
bAccording to the number
of the sons
of Israel
.
" aFor the LORD'S portion
is His people
; Jacob
is the allotment
of His inheritance
.
" aHe found him in a desert
land
, And in the howling
waste
of a wilderness
; He encircled
him, He cared
for him, He guarded
him as bthe pupil
of His eye
.
" aLike an eagle that stirs
up its nest
, That hovers
over
its young
, bHe spread
His wings
and caught
them, He carried
them on His pinions
.
" aThe LORD alone
guided
him, bAnd there
was no
foreign
god
with him.
" aHe made him ride on the high
places
of the earth
, And he ate
the produce
of the field
; bAnd He made him suck
honey
from the rock
, And coil
from the flinty
rock
,
Curds of cows
, and milk
of the flock
, With fat
of lambs
, And rams
, the breed
of Bashan
, and goats
, aWith the finest
of the wheat
-- And of the bblood
of grapes
you drank
wine
.
" aBut 1Jeshurun grew
fat
and kicked
-- You are grown
fat
, thick
, and sleek
-- bThen he forsook
God
cwho made
him, And scorned
dthe Rock
of his salvation
.
" aThey made Him jealous
with strange
gods; bWith abominations
they provoked
Him to anger
.
" aThey sacrificed to demons
who were not God
, bTo gods
whom they have not known
, cNew
gods who came
lately
, Whom your fathers
did not dread
.
"You neglected athe Rock
who begot
you, bAnd forgot
the God
who gave
you birth
.
" aThe LORD saw
this, and spurned
them bBecause
of the provocation
of His sons
and daughters
.
"Then He said, `I will hide
My face
from them, aI will see
what
their end
shall be; bFor they are a perverse
generation
, cSons
in whom is no
faithfulness
.
` aThey have made Me jealous
with what is not God
; They have provoked
Me to anger
with their 1 bidols
. cSo I will make them jealous
with those who are not a people
; I will provoke
them to anger
with a foolish
nation
,
aFor a fire is kindled
in My anger
, And burns
to the lowest
part
of 1Sheol
, bAnd consumes
the earth
with its yield
, And sets
on fire
the foundations
of the mountains
.
` aI will heap misfortunes
on them; bI will use
My arrows
on them.
` aThey will be wasted by famine
, and consumed
by 1plague
bAnd bitter
destruction
; cAnd the teeth
of beasts
I will send
upon them, dWith the venom
of crawling
things
of the dust
.
` aOutside the sword
will bereave
, And inside
terror
-- bBoth
young
man
and virgin
, The nursling
with the man
of gray
hair
.
`I would have said, " aI will cut
them to pieces
, bI will remove
the memory
of them from men
,"
Had I not feared the provocation
by the enemy
, That their adversaries
would misjudge
, That they would say
, " aOur hand
is 1triumphant
, And the LORD
has not done
all
this
."'
" aFor they are a nation 1lacking
in counsel
, And there
is no
understanding
in them.
" aWould that they were wise
, that they understood
this
, bThat they would discern
their 1future
!
" aHow could one
chase
a thousand
, And two
put
ten
thousand
to flight
, Unless
their bRock
had sold
them, And the LORD
had given
them up?
"Indeed their rock
is not like our Rock
, aEven our enemies
1themselves judge
this.
"For their vine is from the vine
of Sodom
, And from the fields
of Gomorrah
; Their grapes
are grapes
of apoison
, Their clusters
, bitter
.
"Their wine is the venom
of 1serpents
, And the 2deadly
poison
of cobras
.
` aIs it not laid up in store
with Me, Sealed
up in My treasuries
?
` aVengeance is Mine, and retribution
, bIn due time
their foot
will slip
; cFor the day
of their calamity
is near
, And the impending
things
are hastening
upon them.'
" aFor the LORD will vindicate
His people
, bAnd will have
compassion
on His servants
, When
He sees
that their 1strength
is gone
, And there
is none
remaining, bond
or free
.
"And He will say, ` aWhere
are their gods
, The rock
in which they sought
refuge
?
` aWho ate
the fat
of their sacrifices
, And drank
the wine
of their drink
offering
? bLet them rise
up and help
you, Let them be your hiding
place
!
` aSee now
that I, I am He, bAnd there
is no
god
besides
Me; cIt is I who put
to death
and give
life
. dI have wounded
and it is I who heal
, eAnd there
is no
one
who can deliver
from My hand
.
`Indeed, aI lift
up My hand
to heaven
, And say
, as I live
forever
,
aIf I sharpen
My 1flashing
sword
, And My hand
takes
hold
on justice
, bI will render
vengeance
on My adversaries
, And I will repay
those who hate
Me.
` aI will make My arrows drunk
with blood
, bAnd My sword
will devour
flesh
, With the blood
of the slain
and the captives
, From the long-haired
1leaders
of the enemy
.'
" aRejoice, O nations
, with His people
; bFor He will avenge
the blood
of His servants
, cAnd will render
vengeance
on His adversaries
, dAnd will atone
for His land
and His people
."
Then Moses came
and spoke
all
the words
of this
song
in the hearing
of the people
, he, with 1 aJoshua
the son
of Nun
.
When Moses had finished
speaking
all
these
words
to all
Israel
,
he said to them, " aTake
to your heart
all
the words
with which
I am warning
you today
, which
you shall command
byour sons
to observe
1carefully
, even all
the words
of this
law
.
"For it is not an idle word
for you; indeed
ait is your life
. And bby this
word
you will prolong
your days
in the land
, 1which
you are about to cross
the Jordan
to 2possess
."
aThe LORD spoke
to Moses
that very
same
day
, saying
,
" aGo up to this
mountain
of the Abarim
, Mount
Nebo
, which
is in the land
of Moab
1opposite
Jericho
, and look
at the land
of Canaan
, which
I am giving
to the sons
of Israel
for a possession
.
"Then die on the mountain
where
you ascend
, and be agathered
to your people
, as Aaron
your brother
died
on Mount
Hor
and was gathered
to his people
,
abecause you broke
faith
with Me in the midst
of the sons
of Israel
at the waters
of Meribah-kadesh
, in the bwilderness
of Zin
, because
you did not treat
Me as holy
in the midst
of the sons
of Israel
.
" aFor you shall see the land
at a distance
, but byou shall not go
there
, into the land
which
I am giving
the sons
of Israel
."