Deuteronomy 32 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Song of Moses

32 “^(A)Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!
^{2 (B)}May my teaching drip as the rain,
My speech trickle as the dew,
^(C)As droplets on the fresh grass,
And as the showers on the vegetation.
^{3 (D)}For I proclaim the name of the Lord;
^(E)Ascribe greatness to our God!
^{4 (F)}The Rock! His work is perfect,
^(G)For all His ways are ^[a]just;
^(H)A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and just is He.
^{5 [b](I)}They have acted corruptly against Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
^(J)But are a perverse and crooked generation.
⁶ Is this what you ^(K)do to the Lord,
^(L)You foolish and unwise people?
^(M)Is He not your Father who has purchased you?
^(N)He has made you and established you.
⁷ Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
^(O)Ask your father and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.
^{8 (P)}When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of ^[c]mankind,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
^(Q)According to the number of the ^[d]sons of Israel.
^{9 (R)}For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
^{10 (S)}He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as ^(T)the ^[e]apple of His eye.
^{11 (U)}As an eagle stirs up its nest,
And hovers over its young,
^(V)He spread His wings, He caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
^{12 (W)}The Lord alone guided him,
^(X)And there was no foreign god with him.
^{13 (Y)}He had him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;
^(Z)And He had him suck honey from the rock,
And ^[f](AA)oil from the flinty rock,
¹⁴ Curds of the herd, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and of goats,
^(AB)With the best of the wheat;
And you drank wine of the ^(AC)blood of grapes.

¹⁵ “^(AD)But ^[g]Jeshurun became fat and kicked—
You have become fat, thick, and obstinate—
^(AE)Then he abandoned God ^(AF)who made him,
And ^[h]rejected ^(AG)the Rock of his salvation.
^{16 (AH)}They made Him jealous with strange gods;
^(AI)With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
^{17 (AJ)}They sacrificed to demons, who were not God,
^(AK)To gods whom they have not known,
^(AL)New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not know.
¹⁸ You forgot ^(AM)the Rock who fathered you,
^(AN)And forgot the God who gave you birth.

¹⁹ “^(AO)The Lord saw this, and spurned them
^(AP)Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.
²⁰ Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
^(AQ)I will see what their end will be;
^(AR)For they are a perverse generation,
^(AS)Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
^{21 (AT)}They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their ^[i](AU)idols.
^(AV)So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
^{22 (AW)}For a fire has flared in My anger,
And it burns to the lowest part of ^[j]Sheol,
^(AX)And devours the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

²³ ‘^(AY)I will add misfortunes to them;
^(AZ)I will use up My arrows on them.
^{24 (BA)}They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by ^[k]plague
^(BB)And a bitter epidemic;
^(BC)And the teeth of beasts I will send against them,
^(BD)With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
^{25 (BE)}Outside the sword will make them childless,
And inside, terror—
^(BF)Both young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hair.
²⁶ I would have said, “^(BG)I will wipe them out,
^(BH)I will remove the mention of ^[l]their name from humanity,”
²⁷ Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “^(BI)Our hand is ^[m]triumphant,
And the Lord has not performed all this.”’

²⁸ “^(BJ)For they are a nation ^[n]destitute of counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.
^{29 (BK)}If only they were wise and they understood this;
^(BL)If only they would discern their ^[o]future!
^{30 (BM)}How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their ^(BN)Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
³¹ Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock;
^(BO)Even our enemies ^[p]themselves judge this.
³² For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of ^(BP)poison,
Their clusters, bitter.
³³ Their wine is the venom of ^[q]serpents,
And the ^[r]deadly poison of vipers.

³⁴ ‘^(BQ)Is it not stored up with Me,
Sealed up in My treasuries?
^{35 (BR)}Vengeance is Mine, and retribution;
^(BS)In due time their foot will slip.
^(BT)For the day of their disaster is near,
And the impending things are hurrying to them.’
^{36 (BU)}For the Lord will vindicate His people,
^(BV)And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their ^[s]strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free.
³⁷ And He will say, ‘^(BW)Where are their gods,
The rock in which they took refuge?
^{38 (BX)}Those who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
^(BY)Let them rise up and help you,
Let them be your protection!
^{39 (BZ)}See now that I, I am He,
^(CA)And there is no god besides Me;
^(CB)It is I who put to death and give life.
^(CC)I have wounded and it is I who heal,
^(CD)And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.
⁴⁰ Indeed, ^(CE)I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, as I live forever,
^{41 (CF)}If I have sharpened ^[t]My flashing sword,
And My hand has taken hold of justice,
^(CG)I will return vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
^{42 (CH)}I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
^(CI)And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired ^[u]leaders of the enemy.’
^{43 (CJ)}Rejoice, you nations, with His people;
^(CK)For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
^(CL)And will return vengeance on His adversaries,
^(CM)And will atone for His land and His people.”

⁴⁴ Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with ^[v](CN)Joshua the son of Nun. ⁴⁵ When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, ⁴⁶ he said to them, “^(CO)Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you will command ^(CP)your sons to ^[w]follow carefully, all the words of this Law. ⁴⁷ For it is not a ^[x]trivial matter for you; indeed ^(CQ)it is your life. And ^(CR)by this word you will prolong your days in the land, ^[y]which you are about to cross the Jordan to ^[z]possess.”

⁴⁸ Now ^(CS)the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, ⁴⁹ “^(CT)Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab ^[aa]opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession. ⁵⁰ Then you are to die on the mountain where you ascend, and be ^(CU)gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, ^{51 (CV)}because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the ^(CW)wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. ^{52 (CX)}For you will see the land at a distance but ^(CY)you will not go there, into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel.”

Footnotes

1. Deuteronomy 32:4 Or judgment
2. Deuteronomy 32:5 Lit It has
3. Deuteronomy 32:8 Or Adam
4. Deuteronomy 32:8 As in MT; DSS sons of God; LXX angels of God
5. Deuteronomy 32:10 Lit pupil
6. Deuteronomy 32:13 I.e., olive oil
7. Deuteronomy 32:15 I.e., Israel
8. Deuteronomy 32:15 Lit declared void
9. Deuteronomy 32:21 Lit nonexistent things
10. Deuteronomy 32:22 I.e., the netherworld
11. Deuteronomy 32:24 Lit burning heat
12. Deuteronomy 32:26 Lit them
13. Deuteronomy 32:27 Lit high
14. Deuteronomy 32:28 Lit perishing of
15. Deuteronomy 32:29 Or latter end
16. Deuteronomy 32:31 Lit are judges
17. Deuteronomy 32:33 Lit dragons
18. Deuteronomy 32:33 Lit cruel
19. Deuteronomy 32:36 Lit hand
20. Deuteronomy 32:41 Lit the lightning of My sword
21. Deuteronomy 32:42 Lit head
22. Deuteronomy 32:44 Lit Hoshea
23. Deuteronomy 32:46 Lit be careful to perform
24. Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit empty word
25. Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit where
26. Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit possess it
27. Deuteronomy 32:49 Lit which is opposite

Cross references

1. Deuteronomy 32:1 : Deut 4:26; Ps 50:4; Is 1:2; Jer 6:19
2. Deuteronomy 32:2 : Is 55:10, 11
3. Deuteronomy 32:2 : Ps 72:6
4. Deuteronomy 32:3 : Ex 33:19; 34:5, 6
5. Deuteronomy 32:3 : Deut 3:24; 5:24
6. Deuteronomy 32:4 : Deut 32:15, 18, 30; 2 Sam 22:31
7. Deuteronomy 32:4 : Gen 18:25; Dan 4:37
8. Deuteronomy 32:4 : Deut 7:9
9. Deuteronomy 32:5 : Deut 4:25; 31:29
10. Deuteronomy 32:5 : Matt 17:17
11. Deuteronomy 32:6 : Ps 116:12
12. Deuteronomy 32:6 : Deut 32:28
13. Deuteronomy 32:6 : Deut 1:31; Ps 74:2; Is 63:16
14. Deuteronomy 32:6 : Deut 32:15
15. Deuteronomy 32:7 : Ex 12:26; Ps 78:5-8
16. Deuteronomy 32:8 : Acts 17:26
17. Deuteronomy 32:8 : Num 23:9; Deut 33:28
18. Deuteronomy 32:9 : 1 Sam 10:1; 1 Kin 8:51, 53; Jer 10:16
19. Deuteronomy 32:10 : Deut 1:19
20. Deuteronomy 32:10 : Ps 17:8; Prov 7:2; Zech 2:8
21. Deuteronomy 32:11 : Ex 19:4; Deut 33:12
22. Deuteronomy 32:11 : Ps 18:10-18
23. Deuteronomy 32:12 : Deut 4:35, 39
24. Deuteronomy 32:12 : Deut 32:39; Is 43:12
25. Deuteronomy 32:13 : Is 58:14
26. Deuteronomy 32:13 : Deut 8:8; Ps 81:16
27. Deuteronomy 32:13 : Job 29:6
28. Deuteronomy 32:14 : Ps 81:16; 147:14
29. Deuteronomy 32:14 : Gen 49:11
30. Deuteronomy 32:15 : Deut 31:20
31. Deuteronomy 32:15 : Judg 10:6
32. Deuteronomy 32:15 : Deut 32:6
33. Deuteronomy 32:15 : Deut 32:4; Ps 89:26
34. Deuteronomy 32:16 : Ps 78:58
35. Deuteronomy 32:16 : Ps 106:29
36. Deuteronomy 32:17 : Lev 17:7; 1 Cor 10:20
37. Deuteronomy 32:17 : Deut 28:64
38. Deuteronomy 32:17 : Judg 5:8
39. Deuteronomy 32:18 : Deut 32:4
40. Deuteronomy 32:18 : Ps 106:21
41. Deuteronomy 32:19 : Lev 26:30; Ps 106:40
42. Deuteronomy 32:19 : Jer 44:21-23
43. Deuteronomy 32:20 : Deut 31:29
44. Deuteronomy 32:20 : Deut 32:5
45. Deuteronomy 32:20 : Deut 9:23
46. Deuteronomy 32:21 : Deut 32:16; 1 Cor 10:22
47. Deuteronomy 32:21 : Deut 32:17; 1 Kin 16:13, 26
48. Deuteronomy 32:21 : Rom 10:19
49. Deuteronomy 32:22 : Num 16:33-35; Ps 18:7, 8; Lam 4:11
50. Deuteronomy 32:22 : Lev 26:20
51. Deuteronomy 32:23 : Deut 29:21
52. Deuteronomy 32:23 : Ps 18:14; 45:5
53. Deuteronomy 32:24 : Deut 28:22, 48
54. Deuteronomy 32:24 : Ps 91:6
55. Deuteronomy 32:24 : Lev 26:22
56. Deuteronomy 32:24 : Amos 5:18, 19
57. Deuteronomy 32:25 : Lam 1:20; Ezek 7:15
58. Deuteronomy 32:25 : 2 Chr 36:17; Lam 2:21
59. Deuteronomy 32:26 : Deut 4:27; 28:64
60. Deuteronomy 32:26 : Deut 9:14
61. Deuteronomy 32:27 : Num 15:30
62. Deuteronomy 32:28 : Deut 32:6
63. Deuteronomy 32:29 : Deut 5:29
64. Deuteronomy 32:29 : Deut 31:29
65. Deuteronomy 32:30 : Lev 26:7, 8
66. Deuteronomy 32:30 : Deut 32:4; Ps 44:12
67. Deuteronomy 32:31 : Ex 14:25
68. Deuteronomy 32:32 : Deut 29:18
69. Deuteronomy 32:34 : Job 14:17; Jer 44:21
70. Deuteronomy 32:35 : Ps 94:1; Rom 12:19; Heb 10:30
71. Deuteronomy 32:35 : Jer 23:12
72. Deuteronomy 32:35 : Ezek 7:5-10
73. Deuteronomy 32:36 : Ps 135:14; Heb 10:30
74. Deuteronomy 32:36 : Lev 26:43-45; Deut 30:1-3
75. Deuteronomy 32:37 : Judg 10:14; Jer 2:28
76. Deuteronomy 32:38 : Num 25:1, 2
77. Deuteronomy 32:38 : Jer 11:12
78. Deuteronomy 32:39 : Is 41:4; 43:10
79. Deuteronomy 32:39 : Deut 32:12; Is 45:5
80. Deuteronomy 32:39 : 1 Sam 2:6; Ps 68:20
81. Deuteronomy 32:39 : Ps 51:8
82. Deuteronomy 32:39 : Ps 50:22
83. Deuteronomy 32:40 : Ezek 20:5, 6; 21:4, 5
84. Deuteronomy 32:41 : Is 34:6-8
85. Deuteronomy 32:41 : Jer 50:28-32
86. Deuteronomy 32:42 : Deut 32:23
87. Deuteronomy 32:42 : Jer 12:12; 46:10, 14
88. Deuteronomy 32:43 : Rom 15:10
89. Deuteronomy 32:43 : 2 Kin 9:7; Rev 6:10; 19:2
90. Deuteronomy 32:43 : Is 1:24, 25
91. Deuteronomy 32:43 : Ps 65:3; 79:9; 85:1
92. Deuteronomy 32:44 : Num 13:8, 16
93. Deuteronomy 32:46 : Ezek 40:4; 44:5
94. Deuteronomy 32:46 : Deut 4:9
95. Deuteronomy 32:47 : Deut 8:3; 30:20
96. Deuteronomy 32:47 : Deut 4:40; 33:25
97. Deuteronomy 32:48 : Num 27:12
98. Deuteronomy 32:49 : Num 27:12-14; Deut 3:27
99. Deuteronomy 32:50 : Gen 25:8
100. Deuteronomy 32:51 : Num 20:12
101. Deuteronomy 32:51 : Num 27:14
102. Deuteronomy 32:52 : Deut 34:1-3
103. Deuteronomy 32:52 : Deut 1:37; 3:27