Deuteronomy 32:28-52

English Standard Version

²⁸ “For they are a nation void of counsel,
    and there is ^(A)no understanding in them.
^29 (B)If they were wise, they would understand this;
    they would ^(C)discern their latter end!
³⁰ How could ^(D)one have chased a thousand,
    and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock ^(E)had sold them,
    and the Lord had given them up?
³¹ For ^(F)their rock is not as our Rock;
    ^(G)our enemies are by themselves.
³² For their vine ^(H)comes from the vine of Sodom
    and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of ^(I)poison;
    their clusters are bitter;
³³ their wine is the poison of ^(J)serpents
    and the cruel venom of asps.

³⁴ “‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
    ^(K)sealed up in my treasuries?
^35 (L)Vengeance is mine, and recompense,^{[a]
    (M)}for the time when their foot shall slip;
for ^(N)the day of their calamity is at hand,
    and their doom comes swiftly.’
³⁶ For ^(O)the Lord will vindicate^[b] his people
    ^(P)and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
    and there is none remaining, ^(Q)bond or free.
³⁷ Then he will say, ^(R)‘Where are their gods,
    ^(S)the rock in which they took refuge,
³⁸ who 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 ^(T)I, even I, am he,
    and there is no god beside me;
^(U)I kill and I make alive;
    ^(V)I wound and I heal;
    and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
⁴⁰ For ^(W)I lift up my hand to heaven
    and swear, As I live forever,
⁴¹ if I ^(X)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.
⁴² I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and ^(Y)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the ^(Z)long-haired heads of the enemy.’

^43 (AA)“Rejoice with him, O heavens;^[d]
    bow down to him, all gods,^[e]
for he ^(AB)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]