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Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
hear, you 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.
Let my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
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.
I will proclaim the name of the Lord.
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
Oh, praise the greatness of 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 works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just 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 are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.
to their shame they are a warped and crooked 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 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 generations long past.
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.
consider the generations long past.
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.
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.
For the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.
Jacob his allotted inheritance.
But the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
Jacob his allotted heritage.
In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded 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.
like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.
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,
The Lord alone led him;
no foreign god was with him.
no foreign 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 heights of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,
and with oil from the flinty crag,
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,
and with oil from the flinty crag,
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.
with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan
and the finest kernels of wheat.
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan
and the finest kernels of wheat.
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
“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 made him jealous with their foreign gods
and angered him with their detestable idols.
and angered him with their detestable idols.
They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God —
gods they had not known,
gods that recently appeared,
gods your ancestors did not fear.
gods they had not known,
gods that recently appeared,
gods your ancestors did not fear.
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.
You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
The Lord saw this and rejected them
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
because he was angered by his sons and 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.
“I will hide my face from them,” he said,
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,
children who are unfaithful.
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,
children who are unfaithful.
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 made me jealous by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
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 will be kindled by my wrath,
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.
It will devour the earth and its harvests
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.
It will devour the earth and its harvests
and set afire 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 calamities on them
and spend my arrows against them.
and spend my arrows against them.
“‘And I will heap disasters upon them;
I will spend my arrows on them;
I will spend my arrows on them;
I will send wasting famine against them,
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide 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.
In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror will reign.
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.
in their homes terror will reign.
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.
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 said I would scatter them
and erase their name from human memory,
and erase their name from human memory,
I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces;
I will wipe them from human memory,”
I will wipe them from human memory,”
but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.’ ”
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord 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.”’
They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment in them.
there is no discernment in them.
“For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is no understanding in them.
and there is no understanding in them.
If only they were wise and would understand this
and discern what their end will be!
and discern what their end will be!
If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern their latter end!
they would discern their latter end!
How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given 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 like our Rock,
as even our enemies concede.
as even our enemies concede.
For their rock is not as our Rock;
our enemies are by themselves.
our enemies are by themselves.
Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,
and their clusters with bitterness.
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,
and their clusters with bitterness.
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 venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.
the deadly poison of cobras.
their wine is the poison of serpents
and the cruel venom of asps.
and the cruel venom of asps.
“Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?
and sealed it in my vaults?
“‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
sealed up in my treasuries?
sealed up in my treasuries?
It is mine to avenge; I will repay.
In due time their foot will slip;
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.”
In due time their foot will slip;
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.”
He will say: “Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,
the rock they took refuge in,
Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,
the rock in which they took refuge,
the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
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 myself am he!
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one can deliver out of my hand.
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one can deliver 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.
I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,
As surely as I live forever,
For I lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
and swear, As I live forever,
when I sharpen my flashing sword
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
while my sword devours flesh:
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
while my sword devours flesh:
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
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.’
When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel,
And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully 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.
They are not just idle words for you — they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
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 to Die on Mount Nebo
On that same day the Lord told Moses,
On that same day the Lord told Moses,
Moses’ Death Foretold
That very day the Lord spoke to Moses,
That very day the Lord spoke to Moses,
“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own 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.
There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
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,
This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.
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.