Give ear, O ye heavens
, and I will speak
; and hear
, O earth
, the words
of my mouth
.
My doctrine shall drop
as the rain
, my speech
shall distil
as the dew
, as the small rain
upon the tender herb
, and as the showers
upon the grass
:
Because I will publish the name
of the LORD
: ascribe
ye greatness
unto our God
.
He is the Rock, his work
is perfect
: for all his ways
are judgment
: a God
of truth
and without iniquity
, just
and right
is he.
They have corrupted themselves, their spot
is not the spot of his children
: they are a perverse
and crooked
generation
.
Do ye thus requite the LORD
, O foolish
people
and unwise
? 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 many
generations
: ask
thy father
, and he will shew
thee; thy elders
, and they will tell
thee.
When the most High divided
to the nations
their inheritance
, when he separated
the sons
of Adam
, he set
the bounds
of the people
according to the number
of the children
of Israel
.
For the LORD'S portion
is his people
; Jacob
is the lot
of his inheritance
.
He found him in a desert
land
, and in the waste
howling
wilderness
; he led him about
, he instructed
him, he kept
him as the apple
of his eye
.
As an eagle stirreth up
her nest
, fluttereth
over her young
, spreadeth abroad
her wings
, taketh
them, beareth
them on her wings
:
So the LORD alone
did lead
him, and there was no strange
god
with him.
He made him ride on the high places
of the earth
, that he might eat
the increase
of the fields
; and he made him to suck
honey
out of the rock
, and oil
out of the flinty
rock
;
Butter of kine
, and milk
of sheep
, with fat
of lambs
, and rams
of the breed
of Bashan
, and goats
, with the fat
of kidneys
of wheat
; and thou didst drink
the pure
blood
of the grape
.
But Jeshurun waxed fat
, and kicked
: thou art waxen fat
, thou art grown thick
, thou art covered
with fatness ; then he forsook
God
which made
him, and lightly esteemed
the Rock
of his salvation
.
They provoked him to jealousy with strange
gods , with abominations
provoked they him to anger
.
They sacrificed unto devils
, not to God
; to gods
whom they knew
not, to new
gods that came
newly
up
, whom your fathers
feared
not.
Of the Rock that begat
thee thou art unmindful
, and hast forgotten
God
that formed
thee.
And when the LORD saw
it , he abhorred
them , because of the provoking
of his sons
, and of his daughters
.
And he said, I will hide
my face
from them, I will see
what their end
shall be : for they are a very froward
generation
, children
in whom is no faith
.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not
God
; they have provoked me to anger
with their vanities
: and I will move them to jealousy
with those which are not a people
; I will provoke them to anger
with a foolish
nation
.
For a fire is kindled
in mine anger
, and shall burn
unto the lowest
hell
, and shall consume
the earth
with her increase
, and set on fire
the foundations
of the mountains
.
I will heap mischiefs
upon them; I will spend
mine arrows
upon them.
They shall be burnt with hunger
, and devoured
with burning heat
, and with bitter
destruction
: I will also send
the teeth
of beasts
upon them, with the poison
of serpents
of the dust
.
The sword without
, and terror
within
, shall destroy
both the young man
and the virgin
, the suckling
also with the man
of gray hairs
.
I said, I would scatter them into corners
, I would make the remembrance
of them to cease
from among men
:
Were it not that I feared
the wrath
of the enemy
, lest their adversaries
should behave themselves strangely
, and lest they should say
, Our hand
is high
, and the LORD
hath not done
all this.
For they are a nation void
of counsel
, neither is there any understanding
in them.
O that they were wise
, that they understood
this, that they would consider
their latter end
!
How should one chase
a thousand
, and two
put ten
thousand
to flight
, except
their Rock
had sold
them
, and the LORD
had shut them up
?
For their rock is not as our Rock
, even our enemies
themselves being judges
.
For their vine is of the vine
of Sodom
, and of the fields
of Gomorrah
: their grapes
are grapes
of gall
, their clusters
are bitter
:
Their wine is the poison
of dragons
, and the cruel
venom
of asps
.
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up
among my treasures
?
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence
; their foot
shall slide
in due time
: for the day
of their calamity
is at hand
, and the things that shall come
upon them make haste
.
For the LORD shall judge
his people
, and repent
himself for his servants
, when he seeth
that their 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
,
Which did eat the fat
of their sacrifices
, and drank
the wine
of their drink offerings
? let them rise up
and help
you, and be your protection
.
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god
with me: I kill
, and I make alive
; I wound
, and I heal
: neither is there any that can deliver
out of my hand
.
For I lift up my hand
to heaven
, and say
, I live
for ever
.
If I whet my glittering
sword
, and mine hand
take hold
on judgment
; I will render
vengeance
to mine enemies
, and will reward
them that hate
me.
I will make mine arrows drunk
with blood
, and my sword
shall devour
flesh
; and that with the blood
of the slain
and of the captives
, from the beginning
of revenges
upon the enemy
.
Rejoice, O ye nations
, with his people
: for he will avenge
the blood
of his servants
, and will render
vengeance
to his adversaries
, and will be merciful
unto his land
, and to his people
.
And Moses came
and spake
all the words
of this song
in the ears
of the people
, he, and Hoshea
the son
of Nun
.
And Moses made an end
of speaking
all these words
to all Israel
:
And he said unto them, Set
your hearts
unto all the words
which I testify
among you this day
, which ye shall command
your children
to observe
to do
, all the words
of this law
.
For it is not a vain thing
for you; because it is your life
: and through this thing
ye shall prolong
your days
in the land
, whither ye go over
Jordan
to possess
it.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
that selfsame
day
, saying
,
Get thee up into this mountain
Abarim
, unto mount
Nebo
, which is in the land
of Moab
, that is over against
Jericho
; and behold
the land
of Canaan
, which I give
unto the children
of Israel
for a possession
:
And die in the mount
whither thou goest up
, and be gathered
unto thy people
; as Aaron
thy brother
died
in mount
Hor
, and was gathered
unto 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 sanctified
me not in the midst
of the children
of Israel
.
Yet thou shalt see the land
before thee ; but thou shalt not go
thither unto the land
which I give
the children
of Israel
.