| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Berean Study Bible |
| 1"Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. | 1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. |
| 2"Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb. | 2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants. |
| 3"For I proclaim the name of the LORD; Ascribe greatness to our God! | 3For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God! |
| 4"The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He. | 4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He. |
| 5"They have acted corruptly toward Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation. | 5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation. |
| 6"Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. | 6Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? |
| 7"Remember the days of old, Consider the years of all generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you. | 7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you. |
| 8"When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. | 8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. |
| 9"For the LORD'S portion is His people; Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance. | 9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. |
| 10"He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye. | 10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. |
| 11"Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions. | 11As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions. |
| 12"The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him. | 12The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him. |
| 13"He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock, | 13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag, |
| 14Curds of cows, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat-- And of the blood of grapes you drank wine. | 14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine. |
| 15"But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked-- You are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- Then he forsook God who made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation. | 15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation. |
| 16"They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger. | 16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. |
| 17"They sacrificed to demons who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not dread. | 17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. |
| 18"You neglected the Rock who begot you, And forgot the God who gave you birth. | 18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth. |
| 19"The LORD saw this, and spurned them Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters. | 19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters. |
| 20"Then He said, 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Sons in whom is no faithfulness. | 20He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness. |
| 21They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation, | 21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. |
| 22For a fire is kindled in My anger, And burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And consumes the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. | 22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains. |
| 23'I will heap misfortunes on them; I will use My arrows on them. | 23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. |
| 24They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. | 24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust. |
| 25'Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair. | 25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man. |
| 26'I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces, I will remove the memory of them from men," | 26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, |
| 27Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, "Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not done all this."' | 27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’ ” |
| 28"For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them. | 28Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them. |
| 29"Would that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would discern their future! | 29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate. |
| 30"How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had given them up? | 30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up? |
| 31"Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this. | 31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede. |
| 32"For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, bitter. | 32But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. |
| 33"Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of cobras. | 33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. |
| 34'Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries? | 34“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults? |
| 35'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.' | 35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.” |
| 36"For the LORD will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free. | 36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free. |
| 37"And He will say, 'Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge? | 37He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, |
| 38Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place! | 38which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter! |
| 39'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. | 39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. |
| 40'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever, | 40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, |
| 41If I sharpen My flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on justice, I will render vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me. | 41when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. |
| 42'I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.' | 42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.” |
| 43"Rejoice, O nations, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people." | 43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people. |
| 44Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua the son of Nun. | 44Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. |
| 45When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, | 45When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel, |
| 46he said to them, "Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully, even all the words of this law. | 46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law. |
| 47"For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess." | 47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.” |
| 48The LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, | 48On that same day the LORD said to Moses, |
| 49"Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession. | 49“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession. |
| 50"Then die on the mountain where you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, | 50And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. |
| 51because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. | 51For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence. |
| 52"For you shall see the land at a distance, but you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel." | 52Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.” |
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