Old/New Testament
32 “Give ear, (A)O heavens, and I will speak,
and let (B)the earth hear the words of my mouth.
2 May (C)my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and (D)like showers upon the herb.
3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
ascribe (E)greatness to our God!
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.
5 They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children (J)because they are blemished;
they are (K)a crooked and twisted generation.
6 Do 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.
8 When 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]
9 But 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.
14 Curds 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.
18 You 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.
20 And 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.
22 For (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;
24 they 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,”
27 had 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!
30 How 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?
31 For (BJ)their rock is not as our Rock;
(BK)our enemies are by themselves.
32 For 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;
33 their 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.’
36 For (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.
37 Then he will say, (BV)‘Where are their gods,
(BW)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 (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.
40 For (CA)I lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
41 if 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.
42 I 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;[i]
bow down to him, all gods,[j]
for he (CF)avenges the blood of his children[k]
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[l]
and cleanses[m] his people's land.”[n]
44 Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and (CG)Joshua[o] the son of Nun. 45 And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 he 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. 47 For 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
48 That very day the Lord spoke to Moses, 49 “Go up (CK)this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. 50 And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as (CL)Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, 51 (CM)because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. 52 For (CN)you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel.”
Moses' Final Blessing on Israel
33 This is the blessing with which Moses (CO)the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. 2 He said,
(CP)“The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned from Seir upon us;[p]
he shone forth from Mount Paran;
he came (CQ)from the ten thousands of holy ones,
with flaming fire[q] at his right hand.
3 Yes, (CR)he loved his people,[r]
(CS)all his holy ones were in his[s] hand;
(CT)so they followed[t] in your steps,
receiving direction from you,
4 when (CU)Moses commanded us a law,
as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
5 Thus the Lord[u] (CV)became king in (CW)Jeshurun,
when the heads of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Israel together.
6 (CX)“Let Reuben live, and not die,
but let his men be few.”
7 And this he said of Judah:
“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend[v] for him,
and be a help against his adversaries.”
8 And (CY)of Levi he said,
“Give to Levi[w] (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;
9 who 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.
11 Bless, 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[x] surrounds him all day long,
and dwells between his shoulders.”
13 And (DI)of Joseph he said,
(DJ)“Blessed by the Lord be his land,
with the choicest gifts of heaven (DK)above,[y]
and of the deep that crouches beneath,
14 with the choicest fruits of the sun
and the rich yield of the months,
15 with the finest produce of the ancient mountains
and the abundance of (DL)the everlasting hills,
16 with 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[z]—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.”
18 And of Zebulun he said,
(DS)“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and Issachar, in your tents.
19 They 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.”
20 And (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.”
22 And (DZ)of Dan he said,
23 And (EC)of Naphtali he said,
“O Naphtali, sated with favor,
and full of the blessing of the Lord,
(ED)possess the lake[aa] and the south.”
24 And (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.
25 Your 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.
27 The eternal God is your (EJ)dwelling place,[ab]
and underneath are the everlasting arms.[ac]
And he thrust out the enemy before you
and said, ‘Destroy.’
28 So Israel lived in safety,
(EK)Jacob lived (EL)alone,[ad]
in a land of grain and wine,
whose heavens drop down dew.
29 Happy 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.”
The Death of Moses
34 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab (EP)to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, 2 all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah (EQ)as far as the western sea, 3 (ER)the Negeb, and (ES)the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho (ET)the city of palm trees, as far as (EU)Zoar. 4 And the Lord said to him, (EV)“This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ (EW)I have let you see it with your eyes, but (EX)you shall not go over there.” 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, 6 and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but (EY)no one knows the place of his burial to this day. 7 (EZ)Moses was 120 years old when he died. (FA)His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. 8 And the people of Israel (FB)wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 And 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. 10 And there has not (FF)arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, (FG)whom the Lord knew face to face, 11 none 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, 12 and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, (A)“The King of the Jews.” 27 And with him they crucified two (B)robbers, (C)one on his right and one on his left.[a] 29 And (D)those who passed by derided him, (E)wagging their heads and saying, (F)“Aha! (G)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, (H)“He saved others; (I)he cannot save himself. 32 Let (J)the Christ, (K)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may (L)see and believe.” (M)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
The Death of Jesus
33 And when the sixth hour[b] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.[c] 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus (N)cried with a loud voice, (O)“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with (P)sour wine, put it on a reed (Q)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus (R)uttered a loud cry and (S)breathed his last. 38 And (T)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 (U)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he[d] breathed his last, he said, (V)“Truly this man was the Son[e] of God!”
40 There were also (W)women looking on (X)from a distance, among whom were (Y)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and (Z)Salome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and (AA)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who (AB)came up with him to Jerusalem.
Jesus Is Buried
42 (AC)And when evening had come, since it was (AD)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, (AE)a respected member of the council, who (AF)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.[f] And summoning (AG)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from (AH)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And Joseph[g] bought (AI)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and (AJ)laid him in a tomb (AK)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled (AL)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 (AM)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
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