The Covenant Renewed in Moab
1 1 These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had nmade with them at Horeb.
2 2 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “You have seen all that the Lord did obefore your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, 3 the great ptrials that your eyes saw, the qsigns, and those great wonders. 4 But rto this day the Lord has not sgiven you a theart to understand or ueyes to see or vears to hear. 5 I have led you forty years in the wilderness. wYour clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. 6 You xhave not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when you came to this place, ySihon the king of Heshbon and zOg the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them. 8 aWe took their land and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. 9 Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may bprosper3 in all that you do.
10 “You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God: the heads of your tribes,4 your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who cchops your wood to the one who draws your water, 12 so that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is making with you today, 13 that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, das he promised you, and eas he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant, 15 but with whoever is standing here with us today before the Lord our God, and with whoever is not here with us today.
16 “You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. 17 And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. 18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a froot bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, 19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the gstubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. 20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. 22 And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the Lord has made it sick— 23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, hwhich the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations will say, i‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is because they jabandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not kallotted to them. 27 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, bringing upon it all the curses written in this book, 28 and the Lord luprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.’
29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Ascribe to the Lord Glory
A Psalm of David.
1 aAscribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,1
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.2
3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory bthunders,
the Lord, over many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is cpowerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon to dskip like a calf,
and eSirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth3
and strips the forests bare,
and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as fking forever.
11 May the Lord ggive strength to his people!
May the Lord bless4 his people with peace!
1 He who is often treproved, yet stiffens his neck,
will usuddenly be broken beyond healing.
2 vWhen the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
3 wHe who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but a xcompanion of prostitutes ysquanders his wealth.
4 By justice a king builds up the land,
but he who exacts gifts1 tears it down.
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
6 zAn evil man is ensnared in his transgression,
but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
7 A righteous man aknows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man bdoes not understand such knowledge.
8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
9 cIf a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
10 Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless
and seek the life of the upright.2
11 dA fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.
12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
13 eThe poor man and the oppressor meet together;
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
14 If a king faithfully judges the poor,
fhis throne will be established forever.
15 gThe rod and hreproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
16 When the wicked increase, transgression increases,
but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
17 iDiscipline your son, and he will give you rest;
he will give delight to your heart.
18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people jcast off restraint,3
but kblessed is he who keeps the law.
19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for lthough he understands, he will not respond.
20 Do you see a man who is hasty min his words?
nThere is more hope for a fool than for him.
21 Whoever pampers his servant from childhood
will in the end find him his heir.4
22 oA man of wrath stirs up pstrife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
23 qOne’s pride will bring him low,
but he who is rlowly in spirit will obtain shonor.
24 The partner of a thief hates his own life;
he thears the curse, but discloses nothing.
25 The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
26 Many seek the face of a ruler,
but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice.
27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
