Deuteronomy 32:41-43

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⁴¹if I whet my glittering sword,^[a]
    and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries,
    and will requite those who hate me.
⁴²I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’

⁴³“Praise his people, O you nations;
for he avenges the blood of his servants,
and takes vengeance on his adversaries,
and makes expiation for the land of his people.”^[b]

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 32:41 Heb the lightning of my sword
Deuteronomy 32:43 Gk Vg: Heb his land his people

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