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The Song of Moses
“Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
“Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
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!
“Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass
And as the showers on the herb.
My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass
And as the showers on the herb.
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.
“For I proclaim the name of the LORD;
Ascribe greatness to our God!
Ascribe greatness to our God!
For the name of Jehovah will I proclaim: Ascribe greatness unto our God!
“The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and upright is He.
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and upright is He.
[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.
“They have acted corruptly toward Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.
They are not His children, because of their defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.
They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: -- A crooked and perverted generation!
“Do you thus repay the LORD,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has bought you?
He has made you and established you.
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has bought you?
He has made you and established you.
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?
“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.
Consider the years of all generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell 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.
“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.
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 the LORD’S portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
“He 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 the pupil of His eye.
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.
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.
“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
As the eagle stirreth up its nest, Hovereth over its young, Spreadeth out its wings, Taketh them, beareth them on its feathers,
“The LORD alone guided him,
And there was no foreign god with him.
And there was no foreign god with him.
So Jehovah alone did lead him, And no strange 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 from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock,
And he ate the produce of the field;
And He made him suck honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock,
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;
Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat —
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat —
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.
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.
“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked —
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek —
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek —
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
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.
“They made Him jealous with strange gods;
With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations did they provoke him to anger.
“They sacrificed to demons who were not God,
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not dread.
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not dread.
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.
“You neglected the Rock who begot you,
And forgot the God who gave you birth.
And forgot the God who gave you birth.
Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten God who brought thee forth.
“The LORD saw this, and spurned them
Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.
Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.
And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.
“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom is no faithfulness.
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom is no faithfulness.
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.
‘They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are not a 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 not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
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.
For a fire is kindled in My anger,
And burns to the lowest part of Sheol,
And consumes the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
And burns to the lowest part of Sheol,
And consumes the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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.
‘I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use My arrows on them.
I will use My arrows on them.
I will heap mischiefs upon them; Mine arrows will I spend against them.
‘They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague
And bitter destruction;
And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,
With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
And bitter destruction;
And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,
With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
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.
‘Outside the sword will bereave,
And inside terror —
Both young man and virgin,
The nursling with the man of gray hair.
And inside terror —
Both young man and virgin,
The nursling with the man of gray hair.
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.
‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces,
I will remove the memory of them from men,”
I will remove the memory of them from men,”
I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,
Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant,
And the LORD has not done all this.”’
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant,
And the LORD has not done all this.”’
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.
“For they are a nation lacking in counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.
And there is no understanding in them.
For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.
“Would that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would discern their future!
That they would discern their future!
Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!
“How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had given them up?
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had given them up?
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?
“Indeed their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves judge this.
Even our enemies themselves judge this.
For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges.
“For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of poison,
Their clusters, bitter.
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of poison,
Their clusters, bitter.
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;
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of cobras.
And the deadly poison of cobras.
Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.
‘Is it not laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up in My treasuries?
Sealed up in My treasuries?
Is not this hidden with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them.’
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them.’
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 the LORD will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free.
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free.
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 will say, ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?
The rock in which they sought refuge?
And he shall say, Where are their gods, Their rock in whom they trusted,
‘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 hiding place!
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you,
Let them be your hiding place!
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.
‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
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,
‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say, as I live forever,
And say, as I live forever,
For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!
If I sharpen My flashing sword,
And My hand takes hold on justice,
I will render vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
And My hand takes hold on justice,
I will render vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
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.
‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.’
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.’
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.
“Rejoice, O nations, with His people;
For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
And will render vengeance on His adversaries,
And will atone for His land and His people.”
For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
And will render vengeance on His adversaries,
And will atone for His land and His people.”
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.
Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua the son of Nun.
And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea the son of Nun.
When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
And when Moses had ended speaking all these words to all Israel,
he said to them, “Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully, even all the words of this law.
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.
“For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
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.
The LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying,
Moses' Death Foretold
And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
“Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession.
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,
“Then die on the mountain where you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,
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;
because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel.
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.