Deuteronomy 32:1–9

SONG OF MOSES

32 Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak;

listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.q

2 Let my teaching fall like rain

and my word settle like dew,

like gentle rain on new grass

and showers on tender plants.

3 For I will proclaim the Lord’s name.r

Declare the greatness of our God!

4 The Rocks—his work is perfect;

all his ways are just.t

A faithful God,u without bias,

he is righteous and true.

5 His people have acted corruptly toward him;v

this is their defectE—they are not his children

but a devious and crooked generation.w

6 Is this how you repay the Lord,

you foolish and senseless people?x

Isn’t he your Father and Creator?A,y

Didn’t he make you and sustain you?

7 Remember the days of old;

consider the years of past generations.

Ask your father, and he will tell you,

your elders, and they will teach you.

8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritanceB

and divided the human race,z

he set the boundaries of the peoplesaa

according to the number of the people of Israel.C

9 But the Lord’s portion is his people,

Jacob, his own inheritance.ab