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.

¹⁵ “But ^(A)Jeshurun grew fat, and ^(B)kicked;
    ^(C)you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
^(D)then he forsook God ^(E)who made him
    and scoffed at ^(F)the Rock of his salvation.
^16 (G)They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
    with abominations they provoked him to anger.
^17 (H)They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
    to gods they had never known,
to ^(I)new gods that had come recently,
    whom your fathers had never dreaded.
¹⁸ You were unmindful of ^(J)the Rock that bore^[a] you,
    and you ^(K)forgot the God who gave you birth.

^19 (L)“The Lord saw it and spurned them,
    because of the provocation of ^(M)his sons and his daughters.
²⁰ And he said, ^(N)‘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 (O)They have made me jealous with what is no god;
    they have provoked me to anger ^(P)with their idols.
So ^(Q)I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
    I will provoke them to anger with ^(R)a foolish nation.
²² For ^(S)a fire is kindled by my anger,
    and it burns to ^(T)the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
    and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

³⁹ “‘See now that ^(A)I, even I, am he,
    and there is no god beside me;
^(B)I kill and I make alive;
    ^(C)I wound and I heal;
    and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
⁴⁰ For ^(D)I lift up my hand to heaven
    and swear, As I live forever,
⁴¹ if I ^(E)sharpen my flashing sword^[a]
    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 ^(F)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the ^(G)long-haired heads of the enemy.’

^43 (H)“Rejoice with him, O heavens;^[b]
    bow down to him, all gods,^[c]
for he ^(I)avenges the blood of his children^[d]
    and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him^[e]
    and cleanses^[f] his people's land.”^[g]