10 All the peoples on Earth will see you living under the Name of God and hold you in respectful awe.

11-14 God will lavish you with good things: children from your womb, offspring from your animals, and crops from your land, the land that God promised your ancestors that he would give you. God will throw open the doors of his sky vaults and pour rain on your land on schedule and bless the work you take in hand. You will lend to many nations but you yourself won’t have to take out a loan. God will make you the head, not the tail; you’ll always be the top dog, never the underdog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of God, your God, that I am commanding you today. Don’t swerve an inch to the right or left from the words that I command you today by going off following and worshiping other gods.

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10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name(A) of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(B) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(C)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(D) of his bounty,(E) to send rain(F) on your land in season and to bless(G) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(H)

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