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

`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!

2 M y 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.

Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,

3 B ecause I will invoke the name of the LORD, ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!

4 T he strong One, whose work is perfect: for all his ways are right; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

The Rock! -- perfect His work, For all His ways just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright He.

5 T hey have corrupted themselves, their spot is that they are not his sons; they are a perverse and crooked generation.

It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!

6 D o ye thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not thy father that has possessed thee? He made thee and established thee.

To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.

7 ¶ Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee;

Remember days of old -- Understand the years of many generations -- Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

8 w hen the most High caused the Gentiles to be inherited, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.

9 F or the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the measuring line of his inheritance.

For Jehovah's portion His people, Jacob the line of His inheritance.

10 H e 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.

He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.

11 A s an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings,

As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; --

12 s o the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.

13 H e made him ride on the high places of the earth that he might eat the fruits of the field; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the strong flint,

He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;

14 b utter of cows and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the sons of Bashan (or fruitfulness) and goats with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the blood of the grape, pure wine.

Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!

15 ¶ But Jeshurun (the upright one) waxed fat and kicked; (thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou hast covered thyself) and forsook the God who made him and lightly esteemed the strong One of his saving health.

And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.

16 T hey provoked him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.

They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.

17 T hey sacrificed unto devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came from nearby, whom your fathers feared not.

They sacrifice to demons -- no god! Gods they have not known -- New ones -- from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!

18 O f the strong One that begat thee thou art unmindful and hast forgotten the God that travailed for thee.

The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.

19 ¶ And when the LORD saw it, his wrath was kindled because of his sons and of his daughters.

And Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

20 A nd he said, I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end shall be: that they are a generation of perversities, sons without faith.

And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what their latter end; For a froward generation they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness.

21 T hey have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities; and I also will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with foolish Gentiles.

They have made Me zealous by `no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by `no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.

22 F or fire shall be kindled in my anger and shall burn unto the lowest part of Sheol and shall consume the earth with her fruit and burn up the foundations of the mountains.

For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol -- the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.

23 I will heap evils upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them.

I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.

24 T hey shall be consumed 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.

Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.

25 T he sword without and terror within shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.

26 ¶ I said I would shatter them in pieces: I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

27 i f I did not fear the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should become vain and lest they should say, Our high hand has done this and not the LORD.

If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.

28 F or they are a Gentile void of counsel, neither is there any intelligence in them.

For a nation lost to counsels they, And there is no understanding in them.

29 O that they were wise, if they were prudent, they would understand their latter end!

If they were wise -- They deal wisely this; They attend to their latter end:

30 H ow could one chase a thousand and two put ten thousands to flight if their strong One had not sold them, and the LORD had not delivered them up?

How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not -- that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?

31 F or their strong one is not as our strong One, and even our enemies are judges of this.

For not as our Rock their rock, (And our enemies judges!)

32 T herefore, their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are very bitter.

For of the vine of Sodom their vine, And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes grapes of gall -- They have bitter clusters;

33 T heir wine is the poison of dragons and the cruel venom of asps.

The poison of dragons their wine And the fierce venom of asps.

34 D o I not have this laid up in store, sealed up in my treasuries?

Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?

35 V engeance and recompense are mine, in the time when their foot shall slide; for the day of their calamity is at hand and that which is determined upon them makes haste.

Mine vengeance and recompense, At the due time -- doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.

36 F or the LORD shall judge his people and repent himself for his slaves when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up or left.

For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth -- the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.

37 A nd he shall say, Where are their gods, their strong one in whom they trusted,

And He hath said, Where their gods -- The rock in which they trusted;

38 w ho ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

Which the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place!

39 ¶ See now that I, I am he, and there are no gods with me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and there is not one that can deliver out of my hand.

See ye, now, that I -- I He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,

40 W hen I shall lift up my hand to the heavens and shall say, I live for ever,

For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live -- to the age!

41 i f I whet the resplendence of my sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my enemies and will recompense those that hate me.

If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me -- I repay!

42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood and my sword shall devour flesh, in the blood of the slain and of the captives of the heads, in revenge as an enemy.

I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.

43 R ejoice, O ye Gentiles, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his slaves and will render vengeance to his enemies and will reconcile his land, to his people.

Sing ye nations -- his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land -- His people.'

44 ¶ And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hosea, the son of Nun.

And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun;

45 A nd Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel;

and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel,

46 a nd he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I protest against you today, to command them unto your children and keep and fulfil all the words of this law.

and saith unto them, `Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,

47 F or 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, which ye shall pass the Jordan to inherit.

for it not a vain thing for you, for it your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

48 A nd the LORD spoke unto Moses that same day, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,

49 C limb 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 as inheritance unto the sons of Israel,

`Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which in the land of Moab, which on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;

50 a nd die in the mountain which thou shalt climb and be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered unto his peoples,

and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:

51 b ecause ye trespassed against me among the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because ye did not sanctify me in the midst of the sons of Israel.

`Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin -- because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel;

52 Y et thou shalt see the land before thee, but thou shalt not enter there to the land which I give the sons of Israel.

but over-against thou seest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.'