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Deuteronomy 32

 ^4(F) "The Rock,^(G) his work is perfect,
   for^(H) all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and^(I) without iniquity,
   just and upright is he.
⁵They have dealt corruptly with him;
   they are no longer his children^(J) because they are blemished;
   they are^(K) a crooked and twisted generation.
⁶Do you thus repay the LORD,
   you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he^(L) your father, who^(M) created you,
   who^(N) made you and established you?
^7(O) Remember the days of old;
   consider the years of many generations;
^(P) ask your father, and he will show you,
   your elders, and they will tell you.
⁸When the Most High^(Q) gave to the nations their inheritance,
   when he^(R) divided mankind,
he fixed the borders^[a] of the peoples
   according to the number of the sons of God.^[b]
9But the LORD’s portion is his people,
   Jacob his allotted heritage.

 ¹⁰"He found him^(S) in a desert land,
   and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he^(T) encircled him, he cared for him,
   he^(U) kept him as the apple of his eye.
^11(V) Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
   that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
   bearing them on its pinions,
^12(W) the LORD alone guided him,
   ^(X) no foreign god was with him.
^13(Y) He made him ride on the high places of the land,
   and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with^(Z) honey out of the rock,
   and^(AA) oil out of^(AB) the flinty rock.
¹⁴Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
   with fat^[c] of lambs,
rams of Bashan and goats,
   with the very finest^[d] of the wheat—
   and you drank foaming wine made from^(AC) the blood of the grape.

 ¹⁵"But^(AD) Jeshurun grew fat, and^(AE) kicked;
   ^(AF) you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
^(AG) then he forsook God^(AH) who made him
   and scoffed at^(AI) the Rock of his salvation.
^16(AJ) They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
   with abominations they provoked him to anger.
^17(AK) They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
   to gods they had never known,
to^(AL) new gods that had come recently,
   whom your fathers had never dreaded.
¹⁸You were unmindful of^(AM) the Rock that bore^[e] you,
   and you^(AN) forgot the God who gave you birth.

 ^19(AO) "The LORD saw it and spurned them,
   because of the provocation of^(AP) his sons and his daughters.
²⁰And he said,^(AQ) 'I will hide my face from them;
   I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
   children in whom is no faithfulness.
^21(AR) They have made me jealous with what is no god;
   they have provoked me to anger^(AS) with their idols.
So^(AT) I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
   I will provoke them to anger with^(AU) a foolish nation.
²²For^(AV) a fire is kindled by my anger,
   and it burns to^(AW) the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
   and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

 ²³"'And I will heap disasters upon them;
   ^(AX) I will spend my arrows on them;
²⁴they shall be wasted with hunger,
   and devoured by plague
   and poisonous pestilence;
I will send^(AY) the teeth of beasts against them,
   with the venom of^(AZ) things that crawl in the dust.
^25(BA) Outdoors the sword shall bereave,
   and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
   the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
^26(BB) I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces;
   ^(BC) I will wipe them from human memory,"
²⁷had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
   lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say,^(BD) "Our hand is triumphant,
   it was not the LORD who did all this."'

 ²⁸"For they are a nation void of counsel,
   and there is^(BE) no understanding in them.
^29(BF) If they were wise, they would understand this;
   they would^(BG) discern their latter end!
³⁰How could^(BH) one have chased a thousand,
   and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock^(BI) had sold them,
   and the LORD had given them up?
³¹For^(BJ) their rock is not as our Rock;
   ^(BK) our enemies are by themselves.
³²For their vine^(BL) comes from the vine of Sodom
   and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of^(BM) poison;
   their clusters are bitter;
³³their wine is the poison of^(BN) serpents
   and the cruel venom of asps.

 ³⁴"'Is not this laid up in store with me,
   ^(BO) sealed up in my treasuries?
^35(BP) Vengeance is mine, and recompense,^{[f]
   (BQ)} for the time when their foot shall slip;
for^(BR) the day of their calamity is at hand,
   and their doom comes swiftly.'
³⁶For^(BS) the LORD will vindicate^[g] his people
   ^(BT) and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
   and there is none remaining,^(BU) bond or free.
³⁷Then he will say,^(BV) 'Where are their gods,
   ^(BW) 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 protection!

 ³⁹"'See now that^(BX) I, even I, am he,
   and there is no god beside me;
^(BY) I kill and I make alive;
   ^(BZ) I wound and I heal;
   and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
⁴⁰For^(CA) I lift up my hand to heaven
   and swear, As I live forever,
⁴¹if I^(CB) sharpen my flashing sword^[h]
   and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
   and will repay those who hate me.
⁴²I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
   and^(CC) my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
   from the^(CD) long-haired heads of the enemy.'

 ^43(CE) "Rejoice with him, O heavens;
   bow down to him, all gods,^[i]
for he^(CF) avenges the blood of his children^[j]
   and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him^[k]
   and cleanses^[l] his people’s land."^[m]

 ⁴⁴Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and^(CG) Joshua^[n] the son of Nun. ⁴⁵And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, ⁴⁶he said to them,^(CH) "Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today,^(CI) that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. ⁴⁷For it is no empty word for you,^(CJ) but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."

Moses’ Death Foretold

Deuteronomy 33

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

 ^6(CX) "Let Reuben live, and not die,
   but let his men be few."

 ⁷And this he said of Judah:

   "Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah,
   and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend^[t] for him,
   and be a help against his adversaries."

 ⁸And^(CY) of Levi he said,

   "Give to Levi^[u](CZ) your Thummim,
   and your Urim to your godly one,
^(DA) whom you tested at Massah,
   with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
⁹who said of his father and mother,
   'I regard them not';
^(DB) he disowned his brothers
   and ignored his children.
For^(DC) they observed your word
   and kept your covenant.
^10(DD) They shall teach Jacob your rules
   and Israel your law;
^(DE) they shall put incense before you
   and^(DF) whole burnt offerings on your altar.
¹¹Bless, O LORD, his substance,
   and^(DG) accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
   of those who hate him, that they rise not again."

 ^12(DH) Of Benjamin he said,

   "The beloved of the LORD dwells in safety.The High God^[v] surrounds him all day long,
   and dwells between his shoulders."

 ¹³And^(DI) of Joseph he said,

   ^(DJ) "Blessed by the LORD be his land,
   with the choicest gifts of heaven^(DK) above,^[w]
   and of the deep that crouches beneath,
¹⁴with the choicest fruits of the sun
   and the rich yield of the months,
¹⁵with the finest produce of the ancient mountains
   and the abundance of^(DL) the everlasting hills,
¹⁶with the best gifts of the earth and^(DM) its fullness
   and the favor of^(DN) him who dwells in the bush.
May these rest on the head of Joseph,
   on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.
^17(DO) A firstborn bull^[x]—he has majesty,
   and his horns are the horns of a^(DP) wild ox;
with them^(DQ) he shall gore the peoples,
   all of them, to the ends of the earth;
^(DR) they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
   and they are the thousands of Manasseh."

 ¹⁸And of Zebulun he said,

   ^(DS) "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
   and Issachar, in your tents.
¹⁹They shall call peoples^(DT) to their mountain;
   there they offer^(DU) right sacrifices;
for they draw from the abundance of the seas
   and the hidden treasures of the sand."

 ²⁰And^(DV) of Gad he said,

   "Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!
   Gad crouches^(DW) like a lion;
   he tears off arm and scalp.
^21(DX) He chose the best of the land for himself,
   for there a commander’s portion was reserved;
and^(DY) he came with the heads of the people,
   with Israel he executed the justice of the LORD,
   and his judgments for Israel."

 ²²And^(DZ) of Dan he said,

   ^(EA) "Dan is a lion’s cub
   ^(EB) that leaps from Bashan."

 ²³And^(EC) of Naphtali he said,

   "O Naphtali, sated with favor,
   and full of the blessing of the LORD,
   ^(ED) possess the lake^[y] and the south."

 ²⁴And^(EE) of Asher he said,

   "Most blessed of sons be Asher;
   let him be the favorite of his brothers,
   and let him^(EF) dip his foot in oil.
²⁵Your bars shall be iron and bronze,
   and as your days, so shall your strength be.

 ^26(EG) "There is none like God, O^(EH) Jeshurun,
   ^(EI) who rides through the heavens to your help,
   through the skies in his majesty.
²⁷The eternal God is your^(EJ) dwelling place,^[z]
   and underneath are the everlasting arms.^[aa]
And he thrust out the enemy before you
   and said, Destroy.
²⁸So Israel lived in safety,
   ^(EK) Jacob lived^(EL) alone,^[ab]
in a land of grain and wine,
   whose heavens drop down dew.
²⁹Happy are you, O Israel!^(EM) Who is like you,
   a people^(EN) saved by the LORD,
^(EO) the shield of your help,
   and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
   and you shall tread upon their backs."

Deuteronomy 34

The Death of Moses

 ⁹And Joshua the son of Nun was full of^(FC) the spirit of wisdom, for^(FD) Moses had laid his hands on him. So^(FE) the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. ¹⁰And there has not^(FF) arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses,^(FG) whom the LORD knew face to face, ¹¹none like him for all^(FH) the signs and the wonders that the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, ¹²and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

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Psalm 91

My Refuge and My Fortress

 ³For he will deliver you from^(F) the snare of the fowler
   and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴He will^(G) cover you with his pinions,
   and under his^(H) wings you will^(I) find refuge;
   his^(J) faithfulness is^(K) a shield and buckler.
^5(L) You will not fear^(M) the terror of the night,
   nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
   nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

 ⁷A thousand may fall at your side,
   ten thousand at your right hand,
   but it will not come near you.
⁸You will only look with your eyes
   and^(N) see the recompense of the wicked.

 ⁹Because you have made the LORD your^(O) dwelling place—
   the Most High, who is my^(P) refuge^[b]—
^10(Q) no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
   ^(R) no plague come near your tent.

 ^11(S) For he will command his^(T) angels concerning you
   to^(U) guard you in all your ways.
¹²On their hands they will bear you up,
   lest you^(V) strike your foot against a stone.
¹³You will tread on^(W) the lion and the^(X) adder;
   the young lion and^(Y) the serpent you will^(Z) trample underfoot.

 ¹⁴"Because he^(AA) holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
   I will protect him, because he^(AB) knows my name.
¹⁵When he^(AC) calls to me, I will answer him;
   I will be with him in trouble;
   I will rescue him and^(AD) honor him.
¹⁶With^(AE) long life I will satisfy him
   and^(AF) show him my salvation."