Deut 32:25 'Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair.
Deut 32:26 'I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces, I will remove the memory of them from men,"
Deut 32:27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, "Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not done all this."'
Deut 32:28 ¶ "For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
Deut 32:29 "Would that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would discern their future!
Deut 32:30 "How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had given them up?
Deut 32:31 "Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this.
Deut 32:32 "For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, bitter.
Deut 32:33 "Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of cobras.
Deut 32:34 ¶ 'Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?
Deut 32:35 'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.'
Deut 32:36 "For the LORD will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free.
Deut 32:38 '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 hiding place!
Deut 32:39 'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
Deut 32:40 'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever,
Deut 32:41 If I sharpen My flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on justice, I will render vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me.
Deut 32:42 'I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.'
Deut 32:43 "Rejoice, O nations, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people."
Deut 32:44 ¶ Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua the son of Nun.
Deut 32:45 When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,