1 “ Listen, O heavens, and let me speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

2 L et my teaching fall as the rain, and my voice like the water on the grass in the early morning, like rain upon the new grass, and rain upon the plant.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

3 F or I will make known the name of the Lord. I will tell of the greatness of God!

For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

4 T he Rock! His work is perfect. All His ways are right and fair. A God Who is faithful and without sin, right and good is He.

The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.

5 T hey have acted in sin toward Him, but they are not His children, because the mark of sin is on them. They are a bad and sinful people.

They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation.

6 I s this how you pay the Lord, you foolish people who are not wise? Is He not your Father Who has bought you? He has made you and given you your place.

Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.

7 R emember the days long ago. Think of the years of all people. Ask your father and he will show you. Ask your leaders. They will tell you.

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

8 W hen the Most High divided up the world among the nations, he divided the children of men. He set the place where each nation was to live by the number of the sons of Israel.

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 F or the Lord’s share is His people. He chose the people of Jacob for Himself.

For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

10 H e found him in a desert land, in the empty waste of a desert. He came around him and cared for him. He kept him as He would His own eye.

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

11 L ike an eagle that shakes its nest, that flies over its young, He spread His wings and caught them. He carried them on His wings.

As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.

12 T he Lord alone led him. There was no strange god with him.

Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.

13 H e made him sit on the high places of the earth. And he ate the food of the field. He made him eat honey from the rock, oil out of hard rock,

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;

14 m ilk from cows and milk from the flock, the fat of lambs, rams of Bashan, goats, and the best of the grain. And you drank wine of the blood of grapes.

Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.

15 “ But Jeshurun grew fat and would not obey. You became fat and full of food. Then he turned away from God Who made him. He hated the Rock of His saving power.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

16 T hey made Him jealous with strange gods. They made Him angry with hated things.

They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.

17 T hey gave gifts to demons who were not God, to gods they have not known, new gods who came later, whom your fathers did not fear.

They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.

18 Y ou did not think of the Rock Who gave you birth. You forgot the God Who gave you birth.

Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.

19 “ The Lord saw this, and hated them. His sons and daughters made Him angry.

And Jehovah saw it, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

20 T hen He said, ‘I will hide My face from them. I will see what their end will be. For they are a sinful people, children who are not faithful.

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

21 T hey have made Me jealous with what is not God. They have made Me angry with their false gods. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people. I will make them angry with a foolish nation.

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 that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

22 F or a fire is started by My anger. It burns to the very bottom of the place of the dead. It burns up the earth and all that grows on the earth. It burns the base of the mountains.

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

23 ‘ I will send much trouble upon them. I will use My arrows against them.

I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:

24 T hey will be wasted with hunger. They will be destroyed by burning heat and disease. I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, with the poison of things moving in the dust.

They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

25 T he sword will bring death in the street, and bring fear in the homes. It will destroy both young man and young woman, the baby and the man with white hair.

Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

26 I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces. I will make all people forget about them.”

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

27 B ut I was afraid that those who hate them would fight in anger against them and would not understand. They would say, “We have won with our own strength. The Lord has not done this.”’

Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

28 “ For they are a nation without wise teaching. There is no understanding in them.

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

29 I f they were wise, they would understand this. They would know their future!

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

30 H ow could one run after a thousand? How could two make ten thousand run away, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had given them up?

How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

31 F or their rock is not like our Rock. Even those who hate us judge this.

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

32 T heir vine is from the vine of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of poison. Their fruit tastes bitter.

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:

33 T heir wine is the poison of snakes that kill.

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

34 ‘ Are they not kept in store with Me, shut in with My stores of riches?

Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

35 I t is Mine to punish when their foot makes a false step. The day of their trouble is near. Their fall is coming fast upon them.’

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

36 F or the Lord will judge His people. He will have loving-pity on His servants when He sees their strength is gone, and none are left of those who are free or of those who are not free.

For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.

37 T hen He will say, ‘Where are their gods? Where is the rock where they went to be safe?

And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;

38 W ho ate the fat of their burnt gifts and drank the wine of their drink gifts? Let them come and help you. Let them be your hiding place!

Which did eat 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 S ee now that it is I. I am He. There is no god except Me. It is I Who kills and gives life. I hurt, and I heal. And there is no one who can take from My hand.

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; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

40 F or I lift up My hand to heaven, and promise that, as I live forever,

For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,

41 I will make My shining sword sharp. My hand takes hold of what is right and fair. I will punish those who are against Me. And I will punish those who hate Me.

If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood. My sword will eat flesh with the blood of those who are killed and those who are in prison, from the long-haired leaders of those who hate Me.’

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.

43 B e glad, O nations, with His people! For He will punish because of the blood of His servants. He will punish those who fight against Him. And He will take away the sin of His land and His people.”

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 make expiation for his land, for his people.

44 M oses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the 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.

45 W hen Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;

46 h e said to them, “Take into your heart all the words I tell you today. Tell them to your children, so they may be careful to do all the words of this Law.

And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, even all the words of this law.

47 T his word is of great worth to you. It is your very life. By this word you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to take.” Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

For it is no 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 the Jordan to possess it.

48 T he Lord said to Moses that same day,

And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

49 “ Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab beside Jericho. Look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for their own.

Get thee up into this mountain of 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;

50 T hen die on the mountain you go up, and join your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and joined his people.

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:

51 T his is because you were not faithful to Me among the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin and you did not honor Me as holy among the people of Israel.

because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

52 Y ou will see the land from far away, but you will not go into the land I am giving the people of Israel.”

For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.