Deuteronomy 32:29-43

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²⁹^(A)If they were wise, they would understand this;
    they would ^(B)discern their latter end!
³⁰How could ^(C)one have chased a thousand,
    and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock ^(D)had sold them,
    and the Lord had given them up?
³¹For ^(E)their rock is not as our Rock;
    ^(F)our enemies are by themselves.
³²For their vine ^(G)comes from the vine of Sodom
    and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of ^(H)poison;
    their clusters are bitter;
³³their wine is the poison of ^(I)serpents
    and the cruel venom of asps.

³⁴“‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
    ^(J)sealed up in my treasuries?
³⁵^(K)Vengeance is mine, and recompense,^[a]
    ^(L)for the time when their foot shall slip;
for ^(M)the day of their calamity is at hand,
    and their doom comes swiftly.’
³⁶For ^(N)the Lord will vindicate^[b] his people
    ^(O)and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
    and there is none remaining, ^(P)bond or free.
³⁷Then he will say, ^(Q)‘Where are their gods,
    ^(R)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 ^(S)I, even I, am he,
    and there is no god beside me;
^(T)I kill and I make alive;
    ^(U)I wound and I heal;
    and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
⁴⁰For ^(V)I lift up my hand to heaven
    and swear, As I live forever,
⁴¹if I ^(W)sharpen my flashing sword^[c]
    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 ^(X)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the ^(Y)long-haired heads of the enemy.’

⁴³^(Z)“Rejoice with him, O heavens;^[d]
    bow down to him, all gods,^[e]
for he ^(AA)avenges the blood of his children^[f]
    and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him^[g]
    and cleanses^[h] his people's land.”^[i]

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 32:35 Septuagint and I will repay
Deuteronomy 32:36 Septuagint judge
Deuteronomy 32:41 Hebrew the lightning of my sword
Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations
Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods
Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants
Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him
Deuteronomy 32:43 Or atones for
Deuteronomy 32:43 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people