1. Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth!
2. My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
3. For the name of Jehovah will I proclaim: Ascribe greatness unto our God
4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A ·God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.
5. They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: --A crooked and perverted generation!
6. Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?
7. Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
8. When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
9. For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.