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38 who ate the best of their sacrifices,
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise and help you;
let them be your refuge!

The Vindication of the Lord

39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord,[a]
“and there is no other god besides me.
I kill and give life,
I smash and I heal,
and none can resist[b] my power.
40 For I raise up my hand to heaven,
and say, ‘As surely as I live forever,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:39 tn Verses 39-42 appear to be a quotation of the Lord and so the introductory phrase “says the Lord” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:39 tn Heb “deliver from” (so NRSV, NLT).