Deuteronomy 10

New American Standard Bible

The Tablets Rewritten

10 “At that time the Lord said to me, ‘^(A)Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first two, and come up to Me on the mountain, and ^(B)make an ^[a]ark of wood for yourself. ²Then ^(C)I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed to pieces, and ^(D)you shall put them in the ark.’ ³So ^(E)I made an ark of acacia wood and ^(F)cut out two tablets of stone like the first two, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. ⁴Then He wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, ^(G)the Ten ^[b]Commandments ^(H)which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire ^(I)on the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me. ⁵Then I turned and ^(J)came down from the mountain, and I ^(K)put the tablets in the ark which I had made; ^(L)and they are there, just as the Lord commanded me.”

⁶(Now the sons of Israel set out from ^[c]Beeroth ^(M)Bene-jaakan to Moserah. ^(N)There Aaron died and there he was buried, and his son Eleazar served as priest in his place. ⁷^(O)From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water. ⁸^(P)At that time the Lord singled out the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord ^(Q)to serve Him and to bless in His name, until this day. ⁹^(R)Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)

¹⁰“^(S)I, moreover, stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights like the first time, and the Lord listened to me that time also; the Lord was not willing to destroy you. ¹¹Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, proceed on your journey ahead of the people, so that they may go in and take possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

¹²“^(T)And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to ^[d]fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and ^(U)love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with ^(V)all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³and to keep the Lord’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? ¹⁴Behold, ^(W)to the Lord your God belong heaven and the ^[e]highest heavens, ^(X)the earth and all that is in it. ¹⁵^(Y)Yet the Lord set His affection on your fathers, to love them, and He chose their ^[f]descendants after them, you over all the other peoples, as it is this day. ¹⁶^(Z)So circumcise ^[g]your heart, and do not ^(AA)stiffen your neck any longer. ¹⁷^(AB)For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the ^(AC)Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, ^(AD)who does not show partiality, nor ^(AE)take a bribe. ¹⁸He executes justice for ^(AF)the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing. ¹⁹^(AG)So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ²⁰You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and ^(AH)cling to Him, and ^(AI)you shall swear by His name. ²¹He is ^(AJ)your glory and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen. ²²^(AK)Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, ^(AL)and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 10:1 I.e., sacred chest
Deuteronomy 10:4 Lit Words
Deuteronomy 10:6 Or the wells of the sons of Jaakan
Deuteronomy 10:12 Or revere
Deuteronomy 10:14 Lit heaven of heavens
Deuteronomy 10:15 Lit seed
Deuteronomy 10:16 Lit the foreskin of your heart,

Psalm 94

New American Standard Bible

The Lord Implored to Avenge His People.

94 Lord, God of ^[a]^(A)vengeance,
God of ^[b]vengeance, ^[c]^(B)shine forth!
²^(C)Rise up, ^(D)Judge of the earth,
Pay back retribution ^(E)to the proud.
³How long, Lord, shall the wicked—
How long shall the ^(F)wicked triumph?
⁴They pour out words, they ^(G)speak arrogantly;
All who do injustice ^(H)boast.
⁵They ^(I)crush Your people, Lord,
And ^(J)afflict Your inheritance.
⁶They ^(K)kill the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
⁷^(L)They have said, “^[d]The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob perceive.”

⁸Pay attention, you ^(M)stupid ones among the people;
And when will you understand, ^(N)foolish ones?
⁹He who ^(O)planted the ear, ^[e]does He not hear?
Or He who formed the eye, ^[f]does He not see?
¹⁰He who ^[g]^(P)disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,
He who ^(Q)teaches mankind knowledge?
¹¹The Lord ^(R)knows human thoughts,
^[h]That they are mere breath.

¹²Blessed is the man whom ^(S)You discipline, ^[i]Lord,
And ^(T)whom You teach from Your Law,
¹³So that You may grant him ^(U)relief from the ^(V)days of adversity,
Until ^(W)a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴For ^(X)the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He ^(Y)abandon His inheritance.
¹⁵For ^[j]^(Z)judgment ^[k]will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart ^[l]will follow it.
¹⁶Who will ^(AA)stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me ^(AB)against those who do injustice?

¹⁷If ^(AC)the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
¹⁸If I should say, “^(AD)My foot has slipped,”
Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
¹⁹When my anxious thoughts ^[m]multiply within me,
Your ^(AE)comfort delights my soul.
²⁰Can a ^[n]^(AF)throne of destruction be allied with You,
One ^(AG)which devises ^[o]mischief by decree?
²¹They ^(AH)band themselves together against the ^[p]life of the righteous
And ^(AI)condemn ^[q]the innocent to death.
²²But the Lord has been my ^(AJ)refuge,
And my God the ^(AK)rock of my refuge.
²³He has ^(AL)brought back their injustice upon them,
And He will ^[r]^(AM)destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will ^[s]destroy them.