‏ Deuteronomy 32

CHAPTER 32

The Ode of Moses

1Take heed, O heaven! and I will speak. And hear,   O earth, the discourses from out of my mouth! 2Expect as the rain   my maxims, and let [²go down ³as ⁴dew   ¹my discourses], as a heavy shower upon wild grass, and as snowflakes upon grass! 3For [²the ³name ⁴of the lord  ¹I called]. Give greatness to  our God! 4God, [²are true   ¹his works], and all   his ways are equity. God is trustworthy, and there is no injustice in him; just and sacred is the lord. 5They sinned -- they are not his children; they are a scoffing -- [²generation ¹a crooked], and one turning aside. 6[²these things  ³to the lord  ¹Do you recompense] thus, O people, moronish and not wise? Did not he, this your father, acquire you, and make you, and shape you? 7Remember the days of the eon! Perceive indeed the years of the generations of generations! Ask   your father, and he will announce to you;   your elders, and they shall speak to you. 8When [³divided ⁵into parts ¹the ²highest ⁴nations], as he disseminated the sons of Adam, he set the borders of nations according to the number of the angels of God; 9and [³became ⁴a portion ⁵for the lord  ¹his people ²Jacob]. [²is a piece of measured out land ³of his inheritance ¹Israel]. 10He sufficed him in   [²land ¹a wilderness], in thirst of sweltering heat in [²land ¹a waterless]. He encircled him, and corrected him, and guarded him as a pupil of an eye. 11As an eagle sheltering his nest, [²and ³over   ⁴his young ¹he longs after]. Thrusting out   his wings he receives them; and he takes them upon   his upper back. 12The lord  alone led them, and there was not with them an alien god. 13He brought them unto the strength of the land. He fed them produce of fields. They nursed honey out of the rock, and olive oil out of the solid rock. 14Butter of oxen, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams, offspring of bulls and he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat, and [³the blood ⁴of the grape ¹they drank ²wine]. 15And Jacob ate and was filled up, and [³kicked up ¹the ²one being loved]; he was fattened, he was thickened, he was widened, and he abandoned God the one making him; and he left from God his deliverer. 16They provoked me over the alien ones; in their abominations they greatly embittered me. 17They sacrificed to demons, and not to God -- to gods in whom they did not know; new and newly made gods  have come, in whom [²knew not   ¹their fathers]. 18God, the one creating you, you abandoned; and you forgot God the one maintaining you. 19And the lord beheld, and was jealous; and he was provoked to anger by their sons and daughters. 20And he said, I will turn away   my face from them, and I will show what will be to them at the last times, for [²a generation ³being distorted ¹it is]; sons in whom there is no belief in them. 21They provoked me to jealousy over that which is not god; they provoked me to anger with   their idols. And I shall provoke them to jealousy over that which is not a nation. Over [²nation ¹a senseless] I will provoke them to anger. 22For a fire burns away of   my rage; it shall be burned unto [²Hades ¹lower]; it shall devour the land, and   its produce; it shall blaze on the foundations of mountains. 23I bring together to them bad things; and by  my arrows I will finish with them; 24melting them away in hunger, and being food of fowls, and [²convulsion ¹incurable]. The teeth of wild beasts I will send as a successor to them, with rage dragging them  upon the ground. 25From outside [²shall make them childless ¹the sword], and from out of the inner chambers fear; the young man with the virgin, the one nursing being placed with the old man. 26I said, I will disperse them, and I will cause [²to cease ³from among ⁴men   ¹their memorial]. 27Unless they should say it was on account of the anger of the enemies, that in no way should they live a long time, and that in no way [²join in making an attack   ¹their opponents], lest they should say,   [³hand ¹Our   ²high], and not the lord  did all these things. 28For [²a nation ³destroying ⁴counsel ¹it is], and there is no [²in ³them ¹higher knowledge]. 29They did not think to perceive; let them appreciate in the coming time. 30How shall [²pursue ¹one] thousands, and two rout ten thousands, unless   God rendered them up, and the lord  delivered them up? 31For [²are not ³as   ⁴our God   ¹their gods],   but our enemies are unthinking. 32For of the grapevine of Sodom is  their grapevine, and   their small vine branch is of Gomorrah;   their grape is the grape of bile, their cluster is bitterness to them. 33The rage of serpents is  their wine, and [²rage ³of asps ¹the incurable]. 34Behold, are not these things  brought together by me, and a set seal among   my treasures? 35In the day of punishment I shall recompense, in a time whenever [²should trip   ¹their foot]; for [³is near ¹the day ²of their destruction], and at hand prepared for you. 36For the lord judges   his people, and over   his menservants he shall be comforted. For he beheld their being disabled, and failing in the hostile invasion, and were weakened. 37And the lord said, Where are   their gods upon whom they yielded upon them? 38Of whom the fat   of their sacrifices you ate, and drank the wine   of their libations? Let them rise up and help you, and be your shelterer! 39Behold! behold that I am! and there is no God besides me. I shall kill, and [²to live ¹I shall make]. I shall strike, and I will heal. And there is not one who shall rescue from out of   my hands. 40For I shall lift into the heaven   my hand, and I shall swear by an oath   by my right hand. And I will say, I live into the eon. 41For I will sharpen [²as ³lightning   ¹my sword], and [²will hold to ³equity   ¹my hand]. And I will recompense punishment against the enemies; and against the ones detesting me I will recompense. 42I shall intoxicate   my arrows of blood, and   my sword shall devour meats from the blood of the slain, and from the captivity of the heads of the rulers of the enemies. 43Be glad, O heavens, together with him! and do obeisance to him, all angels of God! Be glad, O nations, with   his people! And grow in strength in him all, O sons of God! For the blood   of his sons he shall avenge, and he shall avenge and recompense punishment to the enemies. And to the ones detesting him he will recompense, and the lord shall clear out the land   for his people. 44And Moses wrote   this ode in   that day. And he taught it to the sons of Israel. And Moses approached and spoke all the words   of this law into the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of  Nun. 45And Moses completed speaking   these words to all Israel. 46And he said to them, You take heed in  your heart over all   these words which I testify to you today, which you shall charge to  your sons, to guard and to do all the words   of this law! 47For [²is not ⁴word ³an empty ¹this] for you, for this is    your life. And because of   this word you shall prolong your days upon the land into which you pass over the Jordan there to inherit it. 48And the lord spoke to Moses in   this day, saying, 49Ascend into the mountain   Abarim, this mountain Nebo! which is in the land of Moab, against the face of Jericho. And behold the land of Canaan! which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession. 50And come to an end in the mountain into which you ascend there! And be added to   your people! in which manner [³died ¹Aaron   ²your brother] in Hor the mountain, and was added to   his people. 51Because you resisted persuasion   of my word, among the sons of Israel at the water of dispute, Kadesh, in the wilderness of Sin; because you did not sanctify me among the sons of Israel. 52For [⁴before you  ¹you shall see ²the ³land], and [²there ¹you shall not enter], into the land which I give to the sons of Israel.