Deuteronomy 32:1-13

1“Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

2Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the light rain upon the tender grass, And as the spring showers upon the herb.

3For I proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord; Ascribe greatness and honor to our God!

4The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He.

5They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him. They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.

6Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]? He has made you and established you [as a nation].

7Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you.

8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.

9For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.

10He found him in a desert land, In the howling wasteland of a wilderness; He kept circling him, He took care of him, He protected him as the apple of His eye.

11As an eagle that protects its nest, That flutters over its young, He spread out His wings and took them, He carried them on His pinions.

12So the Lord alone led him; There was no foreign god with him.

13He made him (Israel) ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And [olive] oil from the flinty rock,