28  “For they are a nation void of counsel,

and there is ^ono understanding in them.

29  ^pIf they were wise, they would understand this;

they would ^qdiscern their latter end!

30  How could ^rone have chased a thousand,

and two have put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock ^shad sold them,

and the Lord had given them up?

31  For ^ttheir rock is not as our Rock;

^uour enemies are by themselves.

32  For their vine ^vcomes from the vine of Sodom

and from the fields of Gomorrah;

their grapes are grapes of ^wpoison;

their clusters are bitter;

33  their wine is the poison of ^xserpents

and the cruel venom of asps.

34  “‘Is not this laid up in store with me,

^ysealed up in my treasuries?

35  ^zVengeance is mine, and recompense,¹

^afor the time when their foot shall slip;

for ^bthe day of their calamity is at hand,

and their doom comes swiftly.’

36  For ^cthe Lord will vindicate² his people

^dand have compassion on his servants,

when he sees that their power is gone

and there is none remaining, ^ebond or free.

37  Then he will say, ^f‘Where are their gods,

^gthe 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 ^hI, even I, am he,

and there is no god beside me;

ⁱI kill and I make alive;

^jI wound and I heal;

and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

40  For ^kI lift up my hand to heaven

and swear, As I live forever,

41  if I ^lsharpen my flashing sword³

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 ^mmy sword shall devour flesh—

with the blood of the slain and the captives,

from the ⁿlong-haired heads of the enemy.’

43  ^o“Rejoice with him, O heavens;⁴

bow down to him, all gods,⁵

for he ^pavenges the blood of his children⁶

and takes vengeance on his adversaries.

He repays those who hate him⁷

and cleanses⁸ his people’s land.”⁹

^z“The Lord came from Sinai

and dawned from Seir upon us;¹

he shone forth from Mount Paran;

he came ^afrom the ten thousands of holy ones,

with flaming fire² at his right hand.

3  Yes, ^bhe loved his people,³

^call his holy ones were in his⁴ hand;

^dso they followed⁵ in your steps,

receiving direction from you,

4  when ^eMoses commanded us a law,

as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

5  Thus the Lord^{6 f}became king in ^gJeshurun,

when the heads of the people were gathered,

all the tribes of Israel together.

6  ^h“Let Reuben live, and not die,

but let his men be few.”

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,

and bring him in to his people.

With your hands contend⁷ for him,

and be a help against his adversaries.”

“Give to Levi^{8 j}your Thummim,

and your Urim to your godly one,

^kwhom 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’;

^lhe disowned his brothers

and ignored his children.

For ^mthey observed your word

and kept your covenant.

10  ⁿThey shall teach Jacob your rules

and Israel your law;

^othey shall put incense before you

and ^pwhole burnt offerings on your altar.

11  Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and ^qaccept the work of his hands;

crush the loins of his adversaries,

of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

“The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.

The High God⁹ surrounds him all day long,

and dwells between his shoulders.”

^t“Blessed by the Lord be his land,

with the choicest gifts of heaven ^uabove,¹⁰

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 ^vthe everlasting hills,

16  with the best gifts of the earth and ^wits fullness

and the favor of ^xhim 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  ^yA firstborn bull¹¹—he has majesty,

and his horns are the horns of a ^zwild ox;

with them ^ahe shall gore the peoples,

all of them, to the ends of the earth;

^bthey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

^c“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,

and Issachar, in your tents.

19  They shall call peoples ^dto their mountain;

there they offer ^eright sacrifices;

for they draw from the abundance of the seas

and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!

Gad crouches ^glike a lion;

he tears off arm and scalp.

21  ^hHe chose the best of the land for himself,

for there a commander’s portion was reserved;

and ⁱhe came with the heads of the people,

with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord,

and his judgments for Israel.”

^k“Dan is a lion’s cub

^lthat leaps from Bashan.”

“O Naphtali, sated with favor,

and full of the blessing of the Lord,

ⁿpossess the lake¹² and the south.”

“Most blessed of sons be Asher;

let him be the favorite of his brothers,

and let him ^pdip his foot in oil.

25  Your bars shall be iron and bronze,

and as your days, so shall your strength be.

26  ^q“There is none like God, O ^rJeshurun,

^swho rides through the heavens to your help,

through the skies in his majesty.

27  The eternal God is your ^tdwelling place,¹³

and underneath are the everlasting arms.¹⁴

And he thrust out the enemy before you

and said, ‘Destroy.’

28  So Israel lived in safety,

^uJacob lived ^valone,¹⁵

in a land of grain and wine,

whose heavens drop down dew.

29  Happy are you, O Israel! ^wWho is like you,

a people ^xsaved by the Lord,

^ythe shield of your help,

and the sword of your triumph!

Your enemies shall come fawning to you,

and you shall tread upon their backs.”