Deuteronomy 32:1-12

The Song of Moses

1 "Give ear, k O heavens, and I will speak,
and let l the earth hear the words of my mouth.
 2 May m my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and n like showers upon the herb.
 3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
ascribe o greatness to our God!

4 p "The Rock, q his work is perfect,
for r all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and s without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
 5 They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children t because they are blemished;
they are u a crooked and twisted generation.
 6 Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he v your father, who w created you,
who x made you and established you?
 7 y Remember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
z ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
 8 When the Most High a gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he b divided mankind,
he fixed the borders 1 of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God. 2
9 But the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.

10 "He found him c in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he d encircled him, he cared for him,
he e kept him as the apple of his eye.
 11 f Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
 12 g the Lord alone guided him,
h no foreign god was with him.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 50:4
    He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
    Joshua 24:27
    And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.
    Deuteronomy 4:26
    I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:1
    Draw near, O nations, to hear, and give attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it.
    Micah 1:2
    Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
    Micah 6:1 - 2
    Hear what the Lord says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 55:10 - 11
    For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater.
    Job 29:22 - 23
    After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 72:6
    May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!
    Micah 5:7
    Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:24
    O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat...
    Deuteronomy 32:18
    You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, a...
    Deuteronomy 32:30 - 31
    How could one have chased a thousand, and two h...
    Deuteronomy 32:37
    Then he will say, 'Where are their gods, the ro...
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deli...
    Psalms 18:31
    For who is God, but the Lord ? And who is a roc...
    Isaiah 30:29
    You shall have a song as in the night when a ho...
    Habakkuk 1:12
    Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my...
    2 Samuel 22:2
    He said, "The Lord is my rock and my fortress a...
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 18:30
    This God - his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
  8. Cross References
    Daniel 4:37
    Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
    Revelation 15:3
    And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
  9. Cross References
    Job 34:10
    Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
  10. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:13
    Suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 17:17
    And Jesus answered, "O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.
    Luke 9:41
    Jesus answered, "O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.
    Philippians 2:15
    That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:16
    For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
    Isaiah 64:8
    But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 74:2
    Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
    Isaiah 44:2
    Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
    Isaiah 51:13
    And have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
  15. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:11
    Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 44:1
    O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
  17. Cross References
    Acts 17:26
    And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 11:8
    So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:15
    Who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock.
    Jeremiah 2:6
    They did not say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?
    Hosea 13:5
    It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 32:10
    Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 17:8
    Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.
    Proverbs 7:2
    Keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye.
    Zechariah 2:8
    For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 19:4
    You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 78:52 - 53
    Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:12
    I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and I am God.
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