Deuteronomy 32:1-9 ▼

1 Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak; listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.

2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my word settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass and showers on tender plants.

3 For I will proclaim the LORD’s name. Declare the greatness of our God!

4 The Rock —his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.

5 His people have acted corruptly toward him; this is their defect —they are not his children but a devious and crooked generation.

6 Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator? Didn’t he make you and sustain you?

7 Remember the days of old; consider the years of past generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will teach you.

8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the people of Israel.

9 But the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob, his own inheritance.