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1“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

1“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

2Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.

2May 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.

3For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God.

3For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!

4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

4“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

5“They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation.

5They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation.

6Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?

6Do you thus repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

7“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:

7Remember 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.

8When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

9For the LORD’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance.

9But the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

10“He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.

10“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.

11As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings,

11Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions,

12So the LORD alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him.

12the LORD alone guided him, no foreign god was with him.

13“He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock;

13He 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.

14Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs; And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the choicest wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.

14Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat— and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.

15“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

15“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.

16They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

16They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.

17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods they did not know, To new gods, new arrivals That your fathers did not fear.

17They 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.

18Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, And have forgotten the God who fathered you.

18You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.

19“And when the LORD saw it, He spurned them, Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

19“The LORD saw it and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

20And 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 faith.

20And 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.

21They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

21They 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.

22For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

22For 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.

23‘I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them.

23“‘And I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them;

24They shall be wasted with hunger, Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, With the poison of serpents of the dust.

24they 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.

25The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

25Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

26I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”

26I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,”

27Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand, Lest they should say, “Our hand is high; And it is not the LORD who has done all this.” ’

27had 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.”’

28“For they are a nation void of counsel, Nor is there any understanding in them.

28“For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

29Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

29If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!

30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?

30How 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?

31For their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.

31For their rock is not as our Rock; our enemies are by themselves.

32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.

32For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison; their clusters are bitter;

33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of cobras.

33their wine is the poison of serpents and the cruel venom of asps.

34‘Is this not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up among My treasures?

34“‘Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up in my treasuries?

35Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.’

35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’

36“For the LORD will judge His people And have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their power is gone, And there is no one remaining, bond or free.

36For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.

37He will say: ‘Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?

37Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

38Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise and help you, And be your refuge.

38who 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!

39‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

39“‘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.

40For I raise My hand to heaven, And say, “As I live forever,

40For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever,

41If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me.

41if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.

42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword shall devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’

42I 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.’

43“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.”

43“Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people’s land.”

44So Moses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

44Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.

45Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

45And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

46and he said to them: “Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law.

46he 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.

47For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”

47For 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.”

48Then the LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying:

48That very day the LORD spoke to Moses,

49“Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession;

49“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.

50and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people;

50And 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,

51because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel.

51because 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.

52Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.”

52For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel.”

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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