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1Heaven! Pay attention and I will speak;
Earth! Listen to the words of my mouth.
2My teaching will fall like raindrops;
my speech will settle like dew—
Give praise to our God!
4The rock: his acts are perfection!
No doubt about it: all his ways are right!
He’s the faithful God, never deceiving;
altogether righteous and true is he.
5But children who weren’t his own[#32.5 Heb uncertain]
they are a twisted and perverse generation.
6Is this how you thank the LORD ,
you stupid, senseless people?
Isn’t he your father, your creator?
Didn’t he make you and establish you?
7Remember the days long past;
consider the years long gone.
Ask your father, he will tell you about it;
ask your elders, they will give you the details:
8When God Most High divided up the nations—
he decided the people’s boundaries
9Surely the LORD ’s property was his people;
Jacob was his part of the inheritance.
10God found Israel in a wild land—[#32.10 Vulg, Syr, and others; Sam, LXX, Tg Onkelos sustained him]
he protected him, cared for him,
watched over him with his very own eye.
11Like an eagle protecting its nest,
hovering over its young,
God spread out his wings, took hold of Israel,
carried him on his back.
12The LORD alone led Israel;
no foreign god assisted.
13God made Israel glide over the highlands;[#32.13 Or he; #32.13 Or him]
he fed him with food from the field,
15Jacob ate until he was stuffed;[#32.15 DSS (4QPhyl ), Sam, LXX; MT lacks]
Jeshurun got fat, then rebellious.
It was you who got fat, thick, stubborn!
Jeshurun gave up on the God who made him,
thought the rock of his salvation was worthless.
16They made God jealous with strange gods,[#32.16 Or him]
aggravated him with detestable things.
17They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
to deities of which they had no knowledge—
18You deserted the rock that sired you;[#32.18 LXX, Vulg; Heb uncertain]
you forgot the God who gave birth to you!
19The LORD saw this and rejected
out of aggravation his sons and his daughters.
20He said: I will hide my face from them—
I will see what becomes of them—
21They provoked me with “no-gods,”
aggravated me with their pieces of junk.
So I am going to provoke them with “No-People,”
aggravate them with a nation of fools.
22A fire burns in me—
it will blaze to the depths of the grave;
it will destroy the land and its crops;
it will blacken the base of the mountains.
23I’ll throw on them disaster after disaster;[#32.23 LXX]
I’ll destroy them with my arrows:
24devastating hunger, consuming plague, bitter sickness.
I’ll send animal fangs after them,
venom from dust crawlers too.
25Outside, in the streets, the sword will bereave!
Inside, in the safest room, there will be terror
26I thought about it: I could have struck them down,[#32.26 Heb uncertain; LXX scattered them]
erased them from human memory,
They might say, “Our strong hands,
not the LORD ’s, did all this,”
29If they had any wisdom, they would understand this;
they would discern what will become of them.
30How could one person chase off a thousand in battle?
How could two people make ten thousand flee for their lives?
Only because their rock sold them off,
only because the LORD handed them over!
31But, no, their rocks can’t compare to our rock!
Our enemies are completely stupid.
32Their roots run straight from Sodom—
from the fields of Gomorrah!
Their grapes are pure poison;
their grape clusters, nothing but bitter;
33their wine is snake poison,
venom from a cruel cobra.
34Don’t I have this stored up,
sealed in my vaults?
35Revenge is my domain, so is punishment-in-kind,
at the exact moment their step slips up,
because the day of their destruction is just around the corner;
their final destiny is speeding on its way!
36But the LORD will acquit his people,
will have compassion on those who serve him,
37The Lord will ask, “Where are their gods—
the rocks they trusted in—
They should stand up and help you!
They should protect you now!
39Now, look here: I myself, I’m the one;
I’m the one who deals death and gives life;
I’m the one who wounded, but now I will heal.
40But now I’m lifting my hand to heaven—
I swear by my own eternity:
I’ll pay my enemies back;
I’ll punish in kind everyone who hates me.
42I’ll make my arrows drink much blood,
while my sword devours flesh,
the blood of the dead and captured,
43Heavens: Rejoice with God![#32.43 DSS (4QDeut ), LXX; MT nations; #32.43 DSS (4QDeut ), LXX; MT his people]
All you gods: bow down to the Lord!
Because he will avenge his children’s blood;
44So Moses came and recited all the words of this poem in everyone’s hearing; Joshua, Nun’s son, joined him.[#32.44 Sam, Syr, Tg Neofiti; MT Hoshea]
45When Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
46he told them: Set your mind on all these words I’m testifying against you right now, because you must command your children to perform carefully all the words of this Instruction.
47This is no trivial matter for you—this is your very life! It is by this means alone that you will prolong your life on the fertile land you are crossing the Jordan River to possess.[#32.47 Or word]
48The LORD spoke to Moses that very same day:
49“Hike up the Abarim mountains, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho. Take a good look at the land of Canaan, which I’m giving to the Israelites as their property.
50You will die on the mountain you have hiked up, and you will be gathered to your people just like your brother Aaron, who died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,
51because the two of you were unfaithful toward me in front of the Israelites at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the Zin wilderness, because you didn’t treat me with proper respect before the Israelites.
52You can look at the land from the other side of the river, but you won’t enter there.”[#32.52 Heb lacks; #32.52 LXX; MT, Sam, Vulg, Syr, Tg add to the land that I am giving to the Israelites]