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.