1. Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
2. My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
3. For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!
4. The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
5. They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.
6. Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
7. Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.