1Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the
words of my mouth. 2Let my teaching fall like rain and my words
descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain
on tender plants. 3I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh,
praise the greatness of our God! 4He is the Rock, his works are
perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no
wrong, upright and just is he. 5They are corrupt and not his
children; to their shame they are a warped and crooked
generation. 6Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and
unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator,#6Or Father,
who bought you who made you and formed you? 7Remember the days
of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and
he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he
divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.#8Masoretic Text;
Dead Sea Scrolls (see also S