1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 Let my teaching drop as the rain,My speech distill as the dew,As raindrops on the tender herb,And as showers on the grass.
3 For I proclaim the name of the Lord:Ascribe greatness to our God.
4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect;For all His ways are justice,A God of truth and without injustice;Righteous and upright is He.
5 “They have corrupted themselves;They are not His children,Because of their blemish:A perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do you thus deal with the Lord,O foolish and unwise people?Is He not your Father, who bought you?Has He not made you and established you?
7 “Remember the days of old,Consider the years of many generations.Ask your father, and he will show you;Your elders, and they will tell you: