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| [1]`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth! |
[1]Hearken, ye heavens, and I will speak: and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. |
| [2]Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb, |
[2]My doctrine shall drop as the rain, and my speech shall still as doth the dew, as the shower upon the herbs, and as the great rain upon the grass. |
| [3]For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God! |
[3]For I will publish the name of the Lord: give ye glory unto our God. |
| [4]The Rock! -- perfect [is] His work, For all His ways [are] just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright [is] He. |
[4]Perfect is the work of the mighty God: for all his ways are judgment. God is true, and without wickedness: just, and righteous is he. |
| [5]It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked! |
[5]They have corrupted themselves toward him by their vice, not being his children, but a froward and crooked generation. |
| [6]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. |
[6]Do ye so reward the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and proportioned thee. |
| [7]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: |
[7]Remember the days of old: consider the years of so many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee: thine elders, and they will tell thee. |
| [8]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. |
[8]When the Most High God divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the borders of the people, according to the number of the children of Israel. |
| [9]For Jehovah's portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance. |
[9]For the Lord's portion is his people: Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. |
| [10]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. |
[10]He found him in the land of the wilderness, in a waste, and roaring wilderness: he led him about, he taught him, and kept him as the apple of his eye. |
| [11]As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; -- |
[11]As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her birds, stretcheth out her wings, taketh them, and beareth them on her wings, |
| [12]Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him. |
[12]So the Lord alone led him and there was no strange god with him. |
| [13]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; |
[13]He carried him up to the high places of the earth, that he might eat the fruits of the fields, and he caused him to suck honey out of the stone and oil out of the hard rock: |
| [14]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! |
[14]Butter of kine, and milk of sheep with fat of the lambs, and rams fed in Bashan, and goats, with the fat of the grains of wheat, and the red liquor of the grape hast thou drunk. |
| [15]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. |
[15]But he that should have been upright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his heel: thou art fat, thou art gross, thou art laden with fatness: therefore he forsook God that made him, and regarded not the strong God of his salvation. |
| [16]They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry. |
[16]They provoked him with strange gods: they provoked him to anger with abominations. |
| [17]They sacrifice to demons -- no god! Gods they have not known -- New ones -- from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers! |
[17]They offered unto devils, not to God, but to gods whom they knew not: new gods that came newly up, whom their fathers feared not. |
| [18]The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee. |
[18]Thou hast forgotten the mighty God that begat thee, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. |
| [19]And Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters. |
[19]The Lord then saw it, and was angry, for the provocation of his sons and of his daughters. |
| [20]And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what [is] their latter end; For a froward generation [are] they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness. |
[20]And he said, I will hide my face from them: I will see what their end shall be: for they are a froward generation, children in whom is no faith. |
| [21]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. |
[21]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 which are no people: I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. |
| [22]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. |
[22]For fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn unto the bottom of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. |
| [23]I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them. |
[23]I will spend plagues upon them: I will bestow mine arrows upon them. |
| [24]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. |
[24]They shall be burned with hunger, and consumed with heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the venom of serpents creeping in the dust. |
| [25]Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair. |
[25]The sword shall kill them without, and in the chambers fear: both the young man and the young woman, the suckling with the man of gray hair. |
| [26]I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man; |
[26]I have said, I would scatter them abroad: I would make their remembrance to cease from among men, |
| [27]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. |
[27]Save that I feared the fury of the enemy, lest their adversaries should wax proud, and lest they should say, Our high hand and not the Lord hath done all this: |
| [28]For a nation lost to counsels [are] they, And there is no understanding in them. |
[28]For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. |
| [29]If they were wise -- They deal wisely [with] this; They attend to their latter end: |
[29]Oh that they were wise, then they would understand this: they would consider their latter end. |
| [30]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? |
[30]How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their strong God had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? |
| [31]For not as our Rock [is] their rock, (And our enemies [are] judges!) |
[31]For their god is not as our God, even our enemies being judges. |
| [32]For of the vine of Sodom their vine [is], And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes [are] grapes of gall -- They have bitter clusters; |
[32]For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters be bitter. |
| [33]The poison of dragons [is] their wine And the fierce venom of asps. |
[33]Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps. |
| [34]Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures? |
[34]Is not this laid in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? |
| [35]Mine [are] 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. |
[35]Vengeance and recompense are mine: their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them, make haste. |
| [36]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. |
[36]For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent toward his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and none shut up in hold nor left abroad. |
| [37]And He hath said, Where [are] their gods -- The rock in which they trusted; |
[37]When men shall say, Where are their gods, their mighty God in whom they trusted, |
| [38]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! |
[38]Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and did drink the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up, and help you: let him be your refuge. |
| [39]See ye, now, that I -- I [am] 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, |
[39]Behold now, for I, I am he, and there is no gods with me: I kill, and give life: I wound, and I make whole: neither is there any that can deliver out of mine hand. |
| [40]For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live -- to the age! |
[40]For I lift up mine hand to heaven, and say, I live forever. |
| [41]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! |
[41]If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will reward them that 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. |
[42]I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, (and my sword shall eat flesh) for the blood of the slain, and of the captives, when I begin to take vengeance of the enemy. |
| [43]Sing ye nations -- [with] 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.' |
[43]Ye nations, praise his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will execute vengeance upon his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. |
| [44]And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun; |
[44]Then Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the audience of the people, he and Hoshea the son of Nun. |
| [45]and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel, |
[45]When Moses had made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel, |
| [46]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, |
[46]Then he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify against you this day, that ye may command them unto your children, that they may observe and do all the words of this law. |
| [47]for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.' |
[47]For it is no vain word concerning you, but it is your life, and by this word ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. |
| [48]And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying, |
[48]And the Lord spake unto Moses the self same day, saying, |
| [49]`Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, which [is] on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession; |
[49]Go up into this mountain of Abarim, unto the 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]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: |
[50]And die in the mount which thou goest up unto, and thou shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto 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; |
[51]Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel, at the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin: for ye sanctified me not among the children of Israel. |
| [52]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.' |
[52]Thou shalt therefore see the land before thee, but shalt not go thither, I mean, into the land which I give the children of Israel. |