4 He is athe Rock, bHis work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
cA God of truth and dwithout injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
For all His ways are justice,
cA God of truth and dwithout injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
5 “Theya have corrupted themselves;
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A bperverse and crooked generation.
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A bperverse and crooked generation.
6 Do you thus adeal with the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not byour Father, who cbought you?
Has He not dmade you and established you?
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not byour Father, who cbought you?
Has He not dmade you and established you?
7 “Remembera the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
bAsk your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:
Consider the years of many generations.
bAsk your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:
8 When the Most High adivided their inheritance to the nations,
When He bseparated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the1 children of Israel.
When He bseparated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the1 children of Israel.
10 “He found him ain a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He bkept him as the apple of His eye.
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He bkept him as the apple of His eye.
11 aAs an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
13 “Hea made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;
14 Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock,
aWith fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the bblood of the grapes.
aWith fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the bblood of the grapes.
15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
aYou grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he bforsook God who cmade him,
And scornfully esteemed the dRock of his salvation.
aYou grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he bforsook God who cmade him,
And scornfully esteemed the dRock of his salvation.
17 aThey sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
19 “Anda when the Lord saw it, He spurned them,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
20 And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
aChildren in whom is no faith.
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
aChildren in whom is no faith.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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