Kedumah 156 (24961) 164

הַ לְיְהוָה, תִּגְמְלוּ-זֹאת

עַם נָבָל, וְלֹא חָכָם

הֲלוֹא-הוּא אָבִיךָ קָּנֶךָ

הוּא עָשְׂךָ וַיְכֹנְנֶךָ

זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם, בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דֹּר-וָדֹר

שְׁאַל אָבִיךָ וְיַגֵּדְךָ, זְקֵנֶיךָ וְיֹאמְרוּ לָךְ

בְּהַנְחֵל עֶלְיוֹן גּוֹיִם

בְּהַפְרִידוֹ בְּנֵי אָדָם

יַצֵּב גְּבֻלֹת עַמִּים

לְמִסְפַּר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

כִּי חֵלֶק יְהוָה, עַמּוֹ

יַעֲקֹב, חֶבֶל נַחֲלָתוֹ

יִמְצָאֵהוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר

וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן

יְסֹבְבֶנְהוּ, יְבוֹנְנֵהוּ

יִצְּרֶנְהוּ, כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ

כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעִיר קִנּוֹ, עַל-גּוֹזָלָיו יְרַחֵף

יִפְרֹשׂ כְּנָפָיו יִקָּחֵהוּ, יִשָּׂאֵהוּ עַל-אֶבְרָתוֹ

יְהוָה, בָּדָד יַנְחֶנּוּ

וְאֵין עִמּוֹ, אֵל נֵכָר

יַרְכִּבֵהוּ עַל-בָּמֳותֵי אָרֶץ

וַיֹּאכַל תְּנוּבֹת שָׂדָי

וַיֵּנִקֵהוּ דְבַשׁ מִסֶּלַע

וְשֶׁמֶן מֵחַלְמִישׁ צוּר

חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צֹאן

עִם-חֵלֶב כָּרִים וְאֵילִים

בְּנֵי-בָשָׁן וְעַתּוּדִים

עִם-חֵלֶב, כִּלְיוֹת חִטָּה

וְדַם-עֵנָב, תִּשְׁתֶּה-חָמֶר

וַיִּשְׁמַן יְשֻׁרוּן וַיִּבְעָט

שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ

וַיִּטֹּשׁ אֱלוֹהַּ עָשָׂהוּ

וַיְנַבֵּל צוּר יְשֻׁעָתוֹ

יַקְנִאֻהוּ, בְּזָרִים

בְּתוֹעֵבֹת, יַכְעִיסֻהוּ

יִזְבְּחוּ, לַשֵּׁדִים לֹא אֱלֹהַּ

אֱלֹהִים, לֹא יְדָעוּם

חֲדָשִׁים מִקָּרֹב בָּאוּ

לֹא שְׂעָרוּם אֲבֹתֵיכֶם

צוּר יְלָדְךָ, תֶּשִׁי

וַתִּשְׁכַּח, אֵל מְחֹלְלֶךָ

וַיַּרְא יְהוָה, וַיִּנְאָץ

מִכַּעַס בָּנָיו, וּבְנֹתָיו

וַיֹּאמֶר, אַסְתִּירָה פָנַי מֵהֶם

אֶרְאֶה, מָה אַחֲרִיתָם

כִּי דוֹר תַּהְפֻּכֹת הֵמָּה

בָּנִים לֹא-אֵמֻן בָּם

הֵם קִנְאוּנִי בְלֹא-אֵל

כִּעֲסוּנִי בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם

וַאֲנִי אַקְנִיאֵם בְּלֹא-עָם

בְּגוֹי נָבָל אַכְעִיסֵם

Is it to Hashem that you do this, O vile and unwise people?
Is He not your Father, your Master? Has He not created you and firmed you?

Remember the days of yore,
understand the years of generation after generation.
Ask your father and he will relate it to you, and your elders and they will tell you.

When the Supreme One gave the nations their inheritance,
when He separated the children of man,
He set the borders of the peoples
according to the number of the Children of Israel.

For Hashem's portion is His people; Jacob is the measure of His inheritance.

He discovered him in a desert land, in desolation, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He granted him discernment, He preserved him like the pupil of His eye.

He was like an eagle arousing its nest, hovering over its young,
spreading its wings and taking them, carrying them on its pinions.

Hashem alone guided them, and no other power was with them.

He would make him ride on the heights of the Land
and have him eat the ripe fruits of the fields;
He would suckle him with honey from a stone, and oil from a flinty rock;

Butter of cattle and milk of sheep with fat of lambs,
rams born in Bashan and he-goats, with wheat as fat as kidneys;
and you would drink blood of grapes like delicious wine.

Jeshurun became fat and kicked.
You became fat, you became thick, you became corpulent —
and it deserted God its Maker,
and was contemptuous of the Rock of its salvation.

They would provoke His jealousy with strangers;
they would anger Him with abominations.

They would slaughter to demons without power, gods whom they knew not, newcomers recently arrived, whom your ancestors did not dread.

You ignored the Rock Who gave birth to you,
and forgot God Who brought you forth.

Hashem will see and be provoked by the anger of His sons and daughters,

and He will say,
"I shall hide My face from them and see what their end will be —
for they are a generation of reversals,
children whose upbringing is not in them.

They provoked Me with a non-god, angered Me with their vanities;
so shall I provoke them with a non-people,
with a vile nation shall I anger them.