Deuteronomy 32:28–52

28  For they are a nation void of counsel,

hNeither is there any understanding in them.

29  iO that they were wise, that they understood this,

That they would consider jtheir latter end!

30  How should kone chase a thousand,

And two put ten thousand to flight,

Except their Rock lhad sold them,

And the Lord had shut them up?

31  For mtheir rock is not as our Rock,

nEven our enemies themselves being judges.

32  For their vine ||is of the vine of oSodom,

And of the fields of Gomorrah:

Their grapes are grapes of pgall,

Their clusters are bitter:

33  Their wine is qthe poison of dragons,

And the cruel pvenom of rasps.

34  Is not this laid up in store with me,

And ssealed up among my treasures?

35  tTo me belongeth vengeance, and recompence;

Their foot shall slide in due time:

For uthe day of their calamity is at hand,

And the things that shall come upon them make haste.

36  wFor the Lord shall judge his people,

xAnd repent himself for his servants,

When he seeth that their †power is gone,

And ythere is none shut up, or left.

37  And he shall say, zWhere are their gods,

Their rock in whom they trusted,

38  Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,

And drank the wine of their drink offerings?

Let them rise up and help you,

And be †your protection.

39  See now that aI, even I, am he,

And there is no god with me:

bI kill, and I make alive;

cI wound, and I heal:

Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

40  For dI lift up my hand to heaven,

And say, I live for ever.

41  If I whet my glittering esword,

And mine hand take hold on judgment;

I will render vengeance to mine enemies,

And will reward them that hate me.

42  I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,

And fmy sword shall devour flesh;

And that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,

From the beginning of grevenges upon the enemy.

43  ||hRejoice, O ye nations, with his people:

For he will iavenge the blood of his servants,

And kwill render vengeance to his adversaries,

And will be merciful unto his lland, and to his people.

44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and ||Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 And he said unto them, mSet your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; nbecause it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

48 And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 49 Get thee up into othis mountain 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: 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and pbe gathered unto thy people; as qAaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: 51 rBecause ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of ||Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 sYet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.