Deuteronomy 32

Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak.

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak;

My doctrine will drop as the rain.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain;

For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name.

For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah:

The Rock: his work is perfect,

The Rock, his work is perfect;

They have dealt corruptly with him.

They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish;

Is this the way you repay Yahweh,

Do ye thus requite Jehovah,

Remember the days of old.

Remember the days of old,

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,

For Yahweh’s portion is his people.

For Jehovah’s portion is his people;

He found him in a desert land,

He found him in a desert land,

As an eagle that stirs up her nest,

As an eagle that stirreth up her nest,

Yahweh alone led him.

Jehovah alone did lead him,

He made him ride on the high places of the earth.

He made him ride on the high places of the earth,

butter from the herd, and milk from the flock,

Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock,

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked:

They moved him to jealousy with strange gods.

They moved him to jealousy with strange gods;

They sacrificed to demons, not God,

They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God,

Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful,

Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful,

Yahweh saw and abhorred,

And Jehovah saw it, and abhorred them,

He said, “I will hide my face from them.

And he said, I will hide my face from them,

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God.

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God;

For a fire is kindled in my anger,

For a fire is kindled in mine anger,

“I will heap evils on them.

I will heap evils upon them;

They shall be wasted with hunger,

They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat

Outside the sword will bereave,

Without shall the sword bereave,

I said that I would scatter them afar.

I said, I would scatter them afar,

were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,

Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,

For they are a nation void of counsel.

For they are a nation void of counsel,

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this,

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this,

How could one chase a thousand,

How should one chase a thousand,

For their rock is not as our Rock,

For their rock is not as our Rock,

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,

Their wine is the poison of serpents,

Their wine is the poison of serpents,

“Isn’t this laid up in store with me,

Is not this laid up in store with me,

Vengeance is mine, and recompense,

Vengeance is mine, and recompense,

For Yahweh will judge his people,

For Jehovah will judge his people,

He will say, “Where are their gods,

And he will say, Where are their gods,

which ate the fat of their sacrifices,

Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,

“See now that I myself am he.

See now that I, even I, am he,

For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare,

For I lift up my hand to heaven,

if I sharpen my glittering sword,

If I whet my glittering sword,

I will make my arrows drunk with blood.

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,

Rejoice, you nations, with his people,

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:

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

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel.

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

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

“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.

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;

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;

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:

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.

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.

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.”

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