1. “Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And hear, O earth, The words of my mouth.
2. “Let my instruction fall as rain, My speech drop down as dew, As fine rain on the tender plants, And as showers on the grass.
3. “For I proclaim the Name of יהוה, Ascribe greatness to our Elohim.
4. “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are right-ruling, An Ěl of truth and without unrighteousness, Righteous and straight is He.
5. “A twisted and crooked generation has corrupted itself, Their blemish, they are not His children.
6. “Do you do this to יהוה, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you, Who created you and established you?
7. “Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father and let him show you, Your elders, and let them say to you:
8. “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance When He separated the sons of Aḏam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl.
9. “For the portion of יהוה is His people, Ya‛aqoḇ His allotted inheritance.
10. “He found him in a wilderness, And in a wasted, howling desert. He encompassed him, He made him understand, He watched over him as the apple of His eye.