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The Song of Moses
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth!
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth!
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.
For the name of Jehovah will I proclaim: Ascribe greatness unto our God!
For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
ascribe greatness to our God!
ascribe greatness to our God!
[He is] the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.
“The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: -- A crooked and perverted generation!
They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?
Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father, who created you,
who made you and established you?
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father, who created you,
who made you and established you?
Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
Remember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
But the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
Jacob his allotted heritage.
He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.
“He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
As the eagle stirreth up its nest, Hovereth over its young, Spreadeth out its wings, Taketh them, beareth them on its feathers,
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
So Jehovah alone did lead him, And no strange god [was] with him.
the Lord alone guided him,
no foreign god was with him.
no foreign god was with him.
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And he made him suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;
He made him ride on the high places of the land,
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock.
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock.
Cream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.
Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked -- Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; -- He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
“But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked;
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations did they provoke him to anger.
They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
They sacrificed unto demons who are not +God; To gods whom they knew not, To new ones, who came newly up, Whom your fathers revered not.
They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
to gods they had never known,
to new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten God who brought thee forth.
And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.
“The Lord saw it and spurned them,
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them;
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.
They have made me jealous with what is no god;
they have provoked me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
they have provoked me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.
For a fire is kindled by my anger,
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
I will heap mischiefs upon them; Mine arrows will I spend against them.
“‘And I will heap disasters upon them;
I will spend my arrows on them;
I will spend my arrows on them;
They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
they shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
From without shall the sword bereave them, and in the chambers, terror -- Both the young man and the virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
Outdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,
I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces;
I will wipe them from human memory,”
I will wipe them from human memory,”
If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this.
had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the Lord who did all this.”’
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the Lord who did all this.”’
For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.
“For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is no understanding in them.
and there is no understanding in them.
Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!
If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern their latter end!
they would discern their latter end!
How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
How could one have chased a thousand,
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and the Lord had given them up?
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and the Lord had given them up?
For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges.
For their rock is not as our Rock;
our enemies are by themselves.
our enemies are by themselves.
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters;
For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of poison;
their clusters are bitter;
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of poison;
their clusters are bitter;
Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.
their wine is the poison of serpents
and the cruel venom of asps.
and the cruel venom of asps.
Is not this hidden with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
“‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
sealed up in my treasuries?
sealed up in my treasuries?
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
For Jehovah will judge his people, And shall repent in favour of his servants; When he seeth that power is gone, And there is none shut up or left.
And he shall say, Where are their gods, Their rock in whom they trusted,
Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,
the rock in which they took refuge,
Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, [And] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, That there may be a protection over you.
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
See now that I, I am HE, And there is no god with me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal, And there is none that delivereth out of my hand,
“‘See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!
For I lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
and swear, As I live forever,
If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; [I will make them drunk] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh —
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’
and my sword shall devour flesh —
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’
Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people.
And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea the son of Nun.
And when Moses had ended speaking all these words to all Israel,
And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words that I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to take heed to do, all the words of this law.
he said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.
For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.
For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”
Moses' Death Foretold
And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
Moses’ Death Foretold
That very day the Lord spoke to Moses,
That very day the Lord spoke to Moses,
Go up into this mountain Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession,
“Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession.
and die on the mountain whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother died on mount Hor, and was gathered unto his peoples;
And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,
because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye hallowed me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel.