Deuteronomy 32:39-41

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁹ “‘See now that I, even I, am he,
    and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
    I wound and I heal;
    and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
⁴⁰ For I lift up my hand to heaven,
    and swear, As I live for ever,
⁴¹ if I whet my glittering sword,^[a]
    and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries,
    and will requite those who hate me.