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

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

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

Let 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.

3 F or the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!

For I will make known the name of the Lord. I will tell of the greatness of God!

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

The 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.

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

They 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.

6 T o 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.

Is 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.

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

Remember 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.

8 I n 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.

When 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.

9 F or Jehovah's portion His people, Jacob the line of His inheritance.

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

10 H e 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.

He 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.

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

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

12 J ehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.

The Lord alone led him. There was no strange god with him.

13 H e 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;

He 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,

14 B utter 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!

milk 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.

15 A nd 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.

“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.

16 T hey make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.

They made Him jealous with strange gods. They made Him angry with hated things.

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

They 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.

18 T he Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.

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

19 A nd Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

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

20 A nd 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.

Then 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.

21 T hey 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.

They 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.

22 F or 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.

For 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.

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

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

24 E xhausted 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.

They 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.

25 W ithout bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.

The 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.

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

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

27 I f 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.

But 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.”’

28 F or a nation lost to counsels they, And there is no understanding in them.

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

29 I f they were wise -- They deal wisely this; They attend to their latter end:

If they were wise, they would understand this. They would know their future!

30 H ow 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?

How 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?

31 F or not as our Rock their rock, (And our enemies judges!)

For their rock is not like our Rock. Even those who hate us judge this.

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

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

33 T he poison of dragons their wine And the fierce venom of asps.

Their wine is the poison of snakes that kill.

34 I s it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?

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

35 M ine 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.

It 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.’

36 F or 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.

For 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.

37 A nd He hath said, Where their gods -- The rock in which they trusted;

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

38 W hich 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!

Who 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!

39 S ee 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,

See 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.

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

For I lift up My hand to heaven, and promise that, as I live forever,

41 I f 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!

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.

42 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.

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.’

43 S ing 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.'

Be 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.”

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

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

45 a nd Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel,

When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

46 a nd 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,

he 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.

47 f or 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.'

This 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

48 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,

The Lord said to Moses that same day,

49 ` 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;

“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.

50 a nd 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:

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

51 ` 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;

This 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.

52 b ut 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.'

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