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41 When I sharpen[a] my flashing sword,[b]
    and my hand takes hold[c] of it in judgment,
I will take reprisals against my foes,[d]
    and my haters I will repay.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and my sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain,
    and captives[e] from the heads[f] of the leaders of the enemy.’
43 Call for songs of joy, O nations, concerning his people,[g]
    for the blood of his servants he will avenge,
and he will take reprisals against his foes,[h]
    and he will make atonement for his land, his people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:41 Or “have sharpened”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:41 Literally “the flashing of my sword”
  3. Deuteronomy 32:41 Or “seizes”
  4. Deuteronomy 32:41 Literally “I will let return vengeance to foes my”
  5. Deuteronomy 32:42 Hebrew “captive”
  6. Deuteronomy 32:42 Hebrew “head”
  7. Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scrolls reads: “Rejoice, O heavenly ones, with him! Bow down, all you gods, before him!”
  8. Deuteronomy 32:43 Literally “vengeance he will let return to his foes”