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Deuteronomy 32:41-43
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41         when I sharpen my blazing sword
            and my hand grabs hold of justice,
    I’ll pay my enemies back;
    I’ll punish in kind everyone who hates me.
42 I’ll make my arrows drink much blood,
    while my sword devours flesh,
    the blood of the dead and captured,
        flowing from the heads of enemy generals.”[a]
43 Heavens:[b] Rejoice with God![c]
    All you gods: bow down to the Lord![d]
    Because he will avenge his children’s[e] blood;
        he will pay back his enemies;
        he will punish in kind those who hate him;[f]
        he will cleanse his people’s land.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:42 Heb uncertain
  2. Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS (4QDeutq), LXX; MT nations
  3. Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS (4QDeutq), LXX; MT his people
  4. Deuteronomy 32:43 This line is missing in Heb; it is found in DSS (4QDeutq); LXX him for the Lord.
  5. Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS (4QDeutq), LXX; MT his servants’
  6. Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS (4QDeutq), LXX; MT lacks this line.
  7. Deuteronomy 32:43 Sam, DSS (4QDeutq), LXX, Vulg; MT his land his people or his land for his people; or, correcting, he will wipe away his people’s tears.
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Deuteronomy 32:41-43
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41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(A)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(B) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.(C)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(D)
    while my sword devours flesh:(E)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

43 Rejoice,(F) you nations, with his people,[a][b]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(G)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(H)
    and make atonement for his land and people.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
  2. Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
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