Selections from Devarim/Words in Ha’azinu Deut. 32.1-52
Heaven and earth are called to hear
these words
Which come down as rain showering on
young growth
Remember the days of old. Ask your ancestors to inform you
Your spiritual elders will teach you
Is it not God, our father and
mother, who made us
And establishes us, even now having
us endure
A Rock solid foundation whose actions are perfect
Whose ways are always just
Like the eagle rousing its nest,
hovering above its young
God empowers and hovers over us
When we become course and
extravagant, we lose sight of you
I hide my countenance. I can reduce
you to nothing
Leaving not a trace of your
existence Ayin, no-thing, just this!
Our enemy is false perception
thinking:
“There is no God. I’m the one who
deserves the credit.”
No discernment . And as for the
demons who pursue us
Selfishness,
greed, lust, anger and hatred, Disaster
is nigh
Now clean the land and all nations
bear witness:
My arrows are drunk with blood. My
sword devours
Look
straight into these power images. This is an entrance
Sweeping misfortune, bloated by
famine, ravaged by plague
Deadly pestilence and the attack of
fanged beasts let loose
Poisonous serpents creeping and
striking from the dust
The terror within and from without
-- death dealt by the blade
To everyone: young men and maidens,
the aged and babies
Who God vindicates is vindicated
God’s portion are those who choose
God
We are God’s people
The strength of our enemies wanes
even now
See, there is none other than I
I deal death and give life. I wound
and heal
And I live forever I
am the I am
