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Deuteronomy 32:4-18

4He isthe Rockהַצּוּר֙ha.TzurH6697,his workפָּעֳל֔וֹpo.'o.LoH6467isperfectתָּמִ֣יםta.MimH8549:for all his waysדְּרָכָ֖יוde.ra.KhavH1870arejudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941:a Godאֵ֤ל'elH410of truthאֱמוּנָה֙'e.mu.NahH530and without iniquityעָ֔וֶל'A.velH5766,justצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662and rightוְיָשָׁ֖רve.ya.SharH3477is he.

5They have corruptedשִׁחֵ֥תshi.ChetH7843themselves, their spotמוּמָ֑םmu.MamH3971is not the spotof his childrenבָּנָ֣יוba.NavH1121: they area perverseעִקֵּ֖שׁ'i.KeshH6141and crookedוּפְתַלְתֹּֽל׃u.fe.tal.TolH6618generationדּ֥וֹרDorH1755.

6Do ye thus requiteתִּגְמְלוּ־tig.me.lu-H1580the Lordלַיְהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068,O foolishנָבָ֖לna.ValH5036peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971and unwiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450? isnot he thy fatherאָבִ֣יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1thathath boughtקָּנֶ֔ךָka.Ne.chaH7069thee? hath he not madeעָֽשְׂךָ֖'a.se.KhaH6213thee, and establishedוַֽיְכֹנְנֶֽךָ׃Vay.kho.ne.Ne.khaH3559thee?

7Rememberזְכֹר֙ze.KhorH2142the daysיְמ֣וֹתye.MotH3117of oldעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769,considerבִּ֖ינוּBi.nuH995the yearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141of manyדּוֹר־dor-H1755generationsוָד֑וֹרva.DorH1755:askשְׁאַ֤לshe.'AlH7592thy fatherאָבִ֙יךָ֙'a.Vi.khaH1,and he will shewוְיַגֵּ֔דְךָve.ya.Ge.de.khaH5046thee; thy eldersזְקֵנֶ֖יךָze.ke.Nei.chaH2205,and they will tellוְיֹ֥אמְרוּve.Yo.me.ruH559thee.

8When the most Highעֶלְיוֹן֙'el.yOnH5945dividedH5157to the nationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471their inheritanceH5157,when he separatedבְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹbe.haf.ri.DoH6504the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Adamאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120,he setיַצֵּב֙ya.TzevH5324the boundsגְּבֻלֹ֣תge.vu.LotH1367of the peopleעַמִּ֔ים'a.MimH5971according to the numberלְמִסְפַּ֖רle.mis.ParH4557of the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

9For the Lord’sיְהֹוָ֖הYah.wehH3068portionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506ishis peopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971;Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290isthe lotחֶ֥בֶלChe.velH2256of his inheritanceנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃na.cha.la.ToH5159.

10He foundיִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙yim.tza.'E.huH4672him in a desertמִדְבָּ֔רmid.BarH4057landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776,and in the wasteוּבְתֹ֖הוּu.ve.To.huH8414howlingיְלֵ֣לye.LelH3214wildernessיְשִׁמֹ֑ןye.shi.MonH3452;he led him aboutיְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ye.soe.Ven.huH5437,he instructedיְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּye.Vo.Ne.huH995him, he keptיִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּyi.tze.Ren.huH5341him as the appleכְּאִישׁ֥וֹןke.'i.ShonH380of his eyeעֵינֽוֹ׃ei.NoH5869.

11As an eagleכְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ke.Ne.sherH5404stirreth upיָעִ֣ירya.'IrH5782her nestקִנּ֔וֹki.NoH7064,flutterethיְרַחֵ֑ףye.ra.ChefH7363over her youngגּוֹזָלָ֖יוgo.za.LavH1469,spreadeth abroadיִפְרֹ֤שׂyif.RosH6566her wingsכְּנָפָיו֙ke.na.FavH3671,takethיִקָּחֵ֔הוּyi.ka.Che.huH3947them, bearethיִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּyi.sa.'E.huH5375them on her wingsאֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃'ev.ra.ToH84:

12Sothe Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068aloneבָּדָ֣דba.DadH910did leadיַנְחֶ֑נּוּyan.Che.nuH5148him, and there wasno strangeנֵכָֽר׃ne.KharH5236godאֵ֥ל'elH410with him.

13He made him rideיַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙yar.ki.Ve.huH7392on the high placesבָּ֣מֳתֵיba.mo.teiH1116of the earthאָ֔רֶץ'A.retzH776,that he might eatוַיֹּאכַ֖לvai.yo.KhalH398the increaseתְּנוּבֹ֣תte.nu.VotH8570of the fieldsשָׂדָ֑יsa.DaiH7704;and he made him to suckוַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּvai.ye.ni.Ke.huH3243honeyדְבַשׁ֙de.VashH1706out of the rockמִסֶּ֔לַעmi.Se.la'H5553,and oilוְשֶׁ֖מֶןve.She.menH8081out of the flintyמֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁme.chal.MishH2496rockצֽוּר׃TzurH6697;

14Butterחֶמְאַ֨תchem.'AtH2529of kineבָּקָ֜רba.KarH1241,and milkוַחֲלֵ֣בva.cha.LevH2461of sheepצֹ֗אןTzonH6629,with fatחֵ֨לֶבChe.levH2459of lambsכָּרִ֜יםka.RimH3733,and ramsוְאֵילִ֤יםve.'ei.LimH352of the breedבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Bashanבָשָׁן֙va.ShanH1316,and goatsוְעַתּוּדִ֔יםve.'a.tu.DimH6260,with the fatחֵ֖לֶבChe.levH2459of kidneysכִּלְי֣וֹתkil.YotH3629of wheatחִטָּ֑הchi.TahH2406;and thou didst drinkתִּשְׁתֶּה־tish.teh-H8354the pureחָֽמֶר׃Cha.merH2561bloodוְדַם־ve.dam-H1818of the grapeעֵנָ֖ב'e.NavH6025.

15But Jeshurunיְשֻׁרוּן֙ye.shu.RunH3484waxed fatוַיִּשְׁמַ֤ןvai.yish.ManH8080,and kickedוַיִּבְעָ֔טvai.yiv.'AtH1163:thou art waxen fatשָׁמַ֖נְתָּsha.Man.taH8080,thou art grown thickעָבִ֣יתָ'a.Vi.taH5666,thou art coveredכָּשִׂ֑יתָka.Si.taH3780with fatness;then he forsookוַיִּטֹּשׁ֙vai.yi.ToshH5203Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433whichmadeעָשָׂ֔הוּ'a.Sa.huH6213him, and lightly esteemedוַיְנַבֵּ֖לvay.na.BelH5034the Rockצ֥וּרtzurH6697of his salvationיְשֻׁעָתֽוֹ׃ye.shu.'a.ToH3444.

16They provoked him to jealousyיַקְנִאֻ֖הוּyak.ni.'U.huH7065with strangeבְּזָרִ֑יםbe.za.RimH2114gods,with abominationsבְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖תbe.to.'e.VotH8441provoked they him to angerיַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ׃yakh.'i.Su.huH3707.

17They sacrificedיִזְבְּח֗וּyiz.be.ChuH2076unto devilsלַשֵּׁדִים֙la.she.DimH7700,not to Godאֱלֹ֔הַ'e.Lo.haH433;to godsאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430whom they knewיְדָע֑וּםye.da.'UmH3045not, to newחֲדָשִׁים֙cha.da.ShimH2319gods thatcameבָּ֔אוּBa.'uH935newlyמִקָּרֹ֣בmi.ka.RoH7138upH935,whom your fathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃'a.vo.tei.KhemH1fearedשְׂעָר֖וּםse.'a.RumH8175not.

18Of the Rockצ֥וּרtzurH6697thatbegatיְלָדְךָ֖ye.la.de.KhaH3205thee thou art unmindfulתֶּ֑שִׁיTe.shiH7876,and hast forgottenוַתִּשְׁכַּ֖חva.tish.KachH7911Godאֵ֥ל'elH410that formedמְחֹלְלֶֽךָ׃me.cho.le.Le.khaH2342thee.

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