4 As for the Rock, his work is perfect,for all his ways are just.He is a reliable God who is never unjust,he is fair and upright.
5 His people have been unfaithful to him;they have not acted like his children – this is their sin.They are a perverse and deceitful generation.
6 Is this how you repay the Lord,you foolish, unwise people?Is he not your father, your creator?He has made you and established you.
7 Remember the ancient days;bear in mind the years of past generations.Ask your father and he will inform you,your elders, and they will tell you.
8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,when he divided up humankind,he set the boundaries of the peoples,according to the number of the heavenly assembly.
9 For the Lord’s allotment is his people,Jacob is his special possession.
10 The Lord found him in a desolate land,in an empty wasteland where animals howl.He continually guarded him and taught him;he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.