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[1] Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak.
Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
[2] My doctrine will drop as the rain.
My speech will condense as the dew,
as the misty rain on the tender grass,
as the showers on the herb.
[3] For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name.
Ascribe greatness to our God!
[4] The Rock: his work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.
A God of faithfulness who does no wrong,
just and right is he.
[5] They have dealt corruptly with him.
They are not his children, because of their defect.
They are a perverse and crooked generation.
[6] Is this the way you repay Yahweh,
foolish and unwise people?
Isn’t he your father who has bought you?
He has 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.
[8] When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he separated the children of men,
he set the bounds of the peoples
according to the number of the children of Israel.
[9] For Yahweh’s portion is his people.
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
[10] He found him in a desert land,
in the waste howling wilderness.
He surrounded him.
He cared for him.
He kept him as the apple of his eye.
[11] As an eagle that stirs up her nest,
that flutters over her young,
he spread abroad his wings,
he took them,
he bore them on his feathers.
[12] Yahweh alone led him.
There was no foreign god with him.
[13] He made him ride on the high places of the earth.
He ate the increase of the field.
He caused him to suck honey out of the rock,
oil out of the flinty rock;
[14] butter from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat of lambs,
rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
with the finest of the wheat.
From the blood of the grape, you drank wine.
[15] But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked.
You have grown fat.
You have grown thick.
You have become sleek.
Then he abandoned God who made him,
and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
[16] They moved him to jealousy with strange gods.
They provoked him to anger with abominations.
[17] They sacrificed to demons, not God,
to gods that they didn’t know,
to new gods that came up recently,
which your fathers didn’t dread.
[18] Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful,
and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
[19] Yahweh saw and abhorred,
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
[20] He said, “I will hide my face from them.
I will see what their end will be;
for they are a very perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
[21] They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God.
They have provoked me to anger with their vanities.
I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people.
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
[22] For a fire is kindled in my anger,
that burns to the lowest Sheol,
devours the earth with its increase,
and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
[23] “I will heap evils on them.
I will spend my arrows on them.
[24] They shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured with burning heat
and bitter destruction.
I will send the teeth of animals on them,
with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
[25] Outside the sword will bereave,
and in the rooms,
terror on both young man and virgin,
the nursing infant with the gray-haired man.
[26] I said that I would scatter them afar.
I would make their memory to cease from among men;
[27] were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
lest their adversaries should judge wrongly,
lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted;
Yahweh has not done all this.’ ”
[28] For they are a nation void of counsel.
There is no understanding in them.
[29] Oh that they were wise, that they understood this,
that they would consider their latter end!
[30] How could one chase a thousand,
and two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and Yahweh had delivered them up?
[31] For their rock is not as our Rock,
even our enemies themselves concede.
[32] For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
of the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison grapes.
Their clusters are bitter.
[33] Their wine is the poison of serpents,
the cruel venom of asps.
[34] “Isn’t this laid up in store with me,
sealed up among my treasures?
[35] Vengeance is mine, and recompense,
at the time when their foot slides,
for the day of their calamity is at hand.
Their doom rushes at them.”
[36] For Yahweh will judge his people,
and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone,
that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.
[37] He will say, “Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,
[38] which 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] “See now that I myself am he.
There is no god with me.
I kill and I make alive.
I wound and I heal.
There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
[40] For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare,
as I live forever,
[41] if I sharpen my glittering sword,
my hand grasps it in judgment;
I will take vengeance on my adversaries,
and will repay those who hate me.
[42] I will make my arrows drunk with blood.
My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the head of the leaders of the enemy.”
[43] Rejoice, you nations, with his people,
for he will avenge the blood of his servants.
He will take vengeance on his adversaries,
and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
[44] Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun. [45] Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel. [46] He said to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. [47] For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.” [48] Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying, [49] “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across from Jericho; and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession. [50] Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people; [51] because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among the children of Israel. [52] For you shall see the land from a distance; but you shall not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel.”

Footnotes

  1. 32:22 Sheol is the place of the dead.
  2. 32:43 For this verse, LXX reads: Rejoice, you heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice you Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people.
King James Version

The Song of Moses

[1] Give ear, H238 (HiphImpv) O ye heavens, H8064 and I will speak; H1696 (PielImpf)
And hear, H8085 (QalImpf) O earth, H776 the words H561 of my mouth. H6310
[2] My doctrine H3948 shall drop H6201 (QalImpf) as the rain, H4306
My speech H565 shall distil H5140 (QalImpf) as the dew, H2919
As the small rain H8164 upon the tender herb, H1877
And as the showers H7241 upon the grass: H6212
[3] Because I will publish H7121 (QalImpf) the name H8034 of the Lord: H3068
Ascribe H3051 (QalImpv) ye greatness H1433 unto our God. H430
[4] He is the Rock, H6697 his work H6467 is perfect: H8549
For all his ways H1870 are judgment: H4941
A God H410 of truth H530 and without iniquity, H5766
Just H6662 and right H3477 is he.
[5] They have corrupted H7843 (PielPerf) themselves,§ their spot H3971 is not the spot of his children:§ H1121
They are a perverse H6141 and crooked H6618 generation. H1755
[6] Do ye thus requite H1580 (QalImpf) the Lord, H3068
O foolish H5036 people H5971 and unwise? H2450
Is not he thy father H1 that hath bought H7069 (QalPerf) thee?
Hath he not made H6213 (QalPerf)
thee, and established H3559 (PoleImpf) thee?
[7] Remember H2142 (QalImpv) the days H3117 of old, H5769
Consider H995 (QalImpv) the years H8141 of many H1755 generations: H1755§
Ask H7592 (QalImpv) thy father, H1 and he will shew H5046 (HiphImpf) thee;
Thy elders, H2205
and they will tell H559 (QalImpf) thee.
[8] When the Most High H5945 divided H5157 to the nations H1471 their inheritance, H5157 (HiphInf)
When he separated H6504 (HiphInf) the sons H1121 of Adam, H120
He set H5324 (HiphImpf) the bounds H1367 of the people H5971
According to the number H4557 of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478
[9] For the Lord’s H3068 portion H2506 is his people; H5971
Jacob H3290 is the lot§ H2256 of his inheritance. H5159
[10] He found H4672 (QalImpf) him in a desert H4057 land, H776
And in the waste H8414 howling H3214 wilderness; H3452
He led him about, H5437 (PoelImpf)§ he instructed H995 (PoleImpf) him,
He kept H5341 (QalImpf)
him as the apple H380 of his eye. H5869
[11] As an eagle H5404 stirreth up H5782 (HiphImpf) her nest, H7064
Fluttereth H7363 (PielImpf) over her young, H1469
Spreadeth abroad H6566 (QalImpf) her wings, H3671 taketh H3947 (QalImpf) them,
Beareth H5375 (QalImpf)
them on her wings: H84
[12] So the Lord H3068 alone H910 did lead H5148 (HiphImpf) him,
And there was no strange H5236
god H410 with him.
[13] He made him ride H7392 (HiphImpf) on the high places H1116 of the earth, H776
That he might eat H398 (QalImpf) the increase H8570 of the fields; H7704
And he made him to suck H3243 (HiphImpf) honey H1706 out of the rock, H5553
And oil H8081 out of the flinty H2496 rock; H6697
[14] Butter H2529 of kine, H1241 and milk H2461 of sheep, H6629
With fat H2459 of lambs, H3733
And rams H352 of the breed H1121 of Bashan, H1316 and goats, H6260
With the fat H2459 of kidneys H3629 of wheat; H2406
And thou didst drink H8354 (QalImpf) the pure H2561 blood H1818 of the grape. H6025
[15] But Jeshurun H3484 waxed fat, H8080 (QalImpf) and kicked: H1163 (QalImpf)
Thou art waxen fat, H8080 (QalPerf) thou art grown thick, H5666 (QalPerf) thou art covered H3780 (QalPerf) with fatness;
Then he forsook H5203 (QalImpf)
God H433 which made H6213 (QalPerf) him,
And lightly esteemed H5034 (PielImpf)
the Rock H6697 of his salvation. H3444
[16] They provoked him to jealousy H7065 (HiphImpf) with strange H2114 (QalPtc) gods,
With abominations H8441
provoked they him to anger. H3707 (HiphImpf)
[17] They sacrificed H2076 (QalImpf) unto devils, H7700 not to God; H433§
To gods H430 whom they knew H3045 (QalPerf) not,
To new H2319
gods that came H935 newly H7138 up, H935 (QalPerf)
Whom your fathers H1 feared H8175 (QalPerf) not.
[18] Of the Rock H6697 that begat H3205 (QalPerf) thee thou art unmindful, H7876 (QalImpf)
And hast forgotten H7911 (QalImpf) God H410 that formed H2342 (PolePtc) thee.
[19] And when the Lord H3068 saw H7200 (QalImpf) it, he abhorred§ H5006 (QalImpf) them,
Because of the provoking H3708
of his sons, H1121 and of his daughters. H1323
[20] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) I will hide H5641 (HiphImpf) my face H6440 from them,
I will see H7200 (QalImpf)
what their end H319 shall be:
For they are a very froward H8419
generation, H1755
Children H1121 in whom is no faith. H529
[21] They have moved me to jealousy H7065 (PielPerf) with that which is not H3808 God; H410
They have provoked me to anger H3707 (PielPerf) with their vanities: H1892
And I will move them to jealousy H7065 (HiphImpf) with those which are not a people; H5971
I will provoke them to anger H3707 (HiphImpf) with a foolish H5036 nation. H1471
[22] For a fire H784 is kindled H6919 (QalPerf) in mine anger, H639
And shall burn H3344 (QalImpf)§ unto the lowest H8482 hell, H7585
And shall consume H398 (QalImpf)§ the earth H776 with her increase, H2981
And set on fire H3857 (PielImpf) the foundations H4144 of the mountains. H2022
[23] I will heap H5595 (HiphImpf) mischiefs H7451 upon them;
I will spend H3615 (PielImpf)
mine arrows H2671 upon them.
[24] They shall be burnt H4198 with hunger, H7458 and devoured H3898 (QalPasPtc) with burning heat, H7565§
And with bitter H4815 destruction: H6986
I will also send H7971 (PielImpf) the teeth H8127 of beasts H929 upon them,
With the poison H2534
of serpents H2119 (QalPtc) of the dust. H6083
[25] The sword H2719 without, H2351
And terror H367 within, H2315§
Shall destroy H7921 (PielImpf)§ both the young man H970 and the virgin, H1330
The suckling H3243 (QalActPtc) also with the man H376 of gray hairs. H7872
[26] I said, H559 (QalPerf) I would scatter them into corners, H6284 (HiphImpf)
I would make the remembrance H2143 of them to cease H7673 (HiphImpf) from among men: H582
[27] Were it not H3884 that I feared H1481 (QalImpf) the wrath H3708 of the enemy, H341 (QalActPtc)
Lest their adversaries H6862 should behave themselves strangely, H5234 (PielImpf)
And lest they should say, H559 (QalImpf) Our hand H3027 is high, H7311 (QalPerf)
And the Lord H3068 hath not done H6466 (QalPerf) all this.
[28] For they are a nation H1471 void H6 (QalActPtc) of counsel, H6098
Neither is there any understanding H8394 in them.
[29] O that H3863 they were wise, H2449 (QalPerf) that they understood H7919 (HiphImpf) this,
That they would consider H995 (QalImpf)
their latter end! H319
[30] How should one H259 chase H7291 (QalImpf) a thousand, H505
And two H8147 put ten H7233 thousand H505 to flight, H5127 (HiphImpf)
Except H3808 their Rock H6697 had sold H4376 (QalPerf) them, H3588
And the Lord H3068 had shut them up? H5462 (HiphPerf)
[31] For their rock H6697 is not as our Rock, H6697
Even our enemies H341 (QalActPtc) themselves being judges. H6414
[32] For their vine H1612 is of the vine H1612 of Sodom, H5467§
And of the fields H7709 of Gomorrah: H6017
Their grapes H6025 are grapes H6025 of gall, H7219
Their clusters H811 are bitter: H4846
[33] Their wine H3196 is the poison H2534 of dragons, H8577
And the cruel H393 venom H7219 of asps. H6620
[34] Is not this laid up in store H3647 (QalPasPtc) with me,
And sealed up H2856 (QalPasPtc)
among my treasures? H214
[35] To me belongeth vengeance, H5359 and recompence; H8005
Their foot H7272 shall slide H4131 (QalImpf) in due time: H6256
For the day H3117 of their calamity H343 is at hand, H7138
And the things that shall come H6264 upon them make haste. H2363 (QalPerf)
[36] For the Lord H3068 shall judge H1777 (QalImpf) his people, H5971
And repent H5162 (HithImpf) himself for his servants, H5650
When he seeth H7200 (QalImpf) that their power§ H3027 is gone, H235 (QalPerf)
And there is none H657 shut up, H6113 (QalPasPtc) or left. H5800 (QalPasPtc)
[37] And he shall say, H559 (QalPerf) Where are their gods, H430
Their rock H6697 in whom they trusted, H2620 (QalPerf)
[38] Which did eat H398 (QalImpf) the fat H2459 of their sacrifices, H2077
And drank H8354 (QalImpf) the wine H3196 of their drink offerings? H5257
Let them rise up H6965 (QalImpf) and help H5826 (QalImpf) you,
And be your protection.§ H5643

[39] See H7200 (QalImpv) now that I, even I, am he,
And there is no god H430
with me:
I kill, H4191 (HiphImpf)
and I make alive; H2421 (PielImpf)
I wound, H4272 (QalPerf) and I heal: H7495 (QalImpf)
Neither is there any that can deliver H5337 (HiphPtc) out of my hand. H3027
[40] For I lift up H5375 (QalImpf) my hand H3027 to heaven, H8064
And say, H559 (QalPerf) I live H2416 for ever. H5769
[41] If I whet H8150 (QalPerf) my glittering H1300 sword, H2719
And mine hand H3027 take hold H270 (QalImpf) on judgment; H4941
I will render H7725 (HiphImpf) vengeance H5359 to mine enemies, H6862
And will reward H7999 (PielImpf) them that hate H8130 (PielPtc) me.
[42] I will make mine arrows H2671 drunk H7937 (HiphImpf) with blood, H1818
And my sword H2719 shall devour H398 (QalImpf) flesh; H1320
And that with the blood H1818 of the slain H2491 and of the captives, H7633
From the beginning H7218 of revenges H6546 upon the enemy. H341 (QalActPtc)
[43] Rejoice, H7442 (HiphImpv) O ye nations, H1471§ with his people: H5971
For he will avenge H5358 (QalImpf) the blood H1818 of his servants, H5650
And will render H7725 (HiphImpf) vengeance H5359 to his adversaries, H6862
And will be merciful H3722 (PielPerf) unto his land, H127 and to his people. H5971
[44] And Moses H4872 came H935 (QalImpf) and spake H1696 (PielImpf) all the words H1697 of this song H7892 in the ears H241 of the people, H5971 he, and Hoshea H1954§ the son H1121 of Nun. H5126 [45] And Moses H4872 made an end H3615 (PielImpf) of speaking H1696 (PielInf) all these words H1697 to all Israel: H3478 [46] and he said H559 (QalImpf) unto them, Set H7760 (QalImpv) your hearts H3824 unto all the words H1697 which I testify H5749 (HiphPtc) among you this day, H3117 which ye shall command H6680 (PielImpf) your children H1121 to observe H8104 (QalInf) to do, H6213 (QalInf) all the words H1697 of this law. H8451 [47] For it is not a vain H7386 thing H1697 for you; because it is your life: H2416 and through this thing H1697 ye shall prolong H748 (HiphImpf) your days H3117 in the land, H127 whither ye go over H5674 (QalActPtc) Jordan H3383 to possess H3423 (QalInf) it. [48] And the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto Moses H4872 that selfsame H6106 day, H3117 saying, H559 (QalInf) [49] Get thee up H5927 (QalImpv) into this mountain H2022 Abarim, H5682 unto mount H2022 Nebo, H5015 which is in the land H776 of Moab, H4124 that is over against H6440 Jericho; H3405 and behold H7200 (QalImpv) the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 which I give H5414 (QalActPtc) unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 for a possession: H272 [50] and die H4191 (QalImpv) in the mount H2022 whither thou goest up, H5927 (QalActPtc) and be gathered H622 (NiphImpf) unto thy people; H5971 as Aaron H175 thy brother H251 died H4191 (QalPerf) in mount H2022 Hor, H2023 and was gathered H622 (NiphImpv) unto his people: H5971 [51] because ye trespassed H4603 (QalPerf) against me among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 at the waters H4325 of Meribah-Kadesh, H4808 in the wilderness H4057 of Zin; H6790 because ye sanctified H6942 (PielPerf) me not in the midst H8432 of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [52] Yet thou shalt see H7200 (QalImpf) the land H776 before thee; but thou shalt not go H935 (QalImpf) thither unto the land H776 which I give H5414 (QalActPtc) the children H1121 of Israel. H3478

Footnotes

  1. § 32:5a Heb. he hath corrupted to himself
  2. § 32:5b Or, that they are not his children, that is their blot
  3. § 32:7 Heb. generation and generation
  4. § 32:9 Heb. cord
  5. § 32:10 Or, compassed him about
  6. § 32:17 Or, which were not God
  7. § 32:19 Or, despised
  8. § 32:22a Or, hath burned
  9. § 32:22b Or, hath consumed
  10. § 32:24 Heb. burning coals
  11. § 32:25a Heb. from the chambers
  12. § 32:25b Heb. bereave
  13. § 32:32 Or, is worse then the vine of Sodom
  14. § 32:36 Heb. hand
  15. § 32:38 Heb. an hiding for you
  16. § 32:43 Or, Praise his people ye nations. Or, sing ye
  17. § 32:44 Or, Joshua
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