Kedumah 158 (25280) 169

רְאוּ עַתָּה, כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא

וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים, עִמָּדִי

אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה

מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא

וְאֵין מִיָּדִי, מַצִּיל

כִּי-אֶשָּׂא אֶל-שָׁמַיִם, יָדִי

וְאָמַרְתִּי, חַי אָנֹכִי לְעֹלָם

אִם-שַׁנּוֹתִי בְּרַק חַרְבִּי

וְתֹאחֵז בְּמִשְׁפָּט יָדִי

אָשִׁיב נָקָם לְצָרָי

וְלִמְשַׂנְאַי אֲשַׁלֵּם

אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם

וְחַרְבִּי תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר

מִדַּם חָלָל וְשִׁבְיָה

מֵרֹאשׁ פַּרְעוֹת אוֹיֵב

הַרְנִינוּ גוֹיִם עַמּוֹ

כִּי דַם-עֲבָדָיו יִקּוֹם

וְנָקָם יָשִׁיב לְצָרָיו

וְכִפֶּר אַדְמָתוֹ עַמּוֹ

וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה, וַיְדַבֵּר אֶת-כָּל-דִּבְרֵי הַשִּׁירָה-הַזֹּאת--בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם: הוּא, וְהוֹשֵׁעַ בִּן-נוּן. וַיְכַל מֹשֶׁה, לְדַבֵּר אֶת-כָּל-הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה--אֶל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל. וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם, שִׂימוּ לְבַבְכֶם, לְכָל-הַדְּבָרִים, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מֵעִיד בָּכֶם הַיּוֹם: אֲשֶׁר תְּצַוֻּם, אֶת-בְּנֵיכֶם, לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת, אֶת-כָּל-דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת. כִּי לֹא-דָבָר רֵק הוּא, מִכֶּם--כִּי-הוּא, חַיֵּיכֶם; וּבַדָּבָר הַזֶּה, תַּאֲרִיכוּ יָמִים עַל-הָאֲדָמָה, אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן שָׁמָּה, לְרִשְׁתָּהּ

וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה, אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַךְ מֹשֶׁה אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים--אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: לִפְנֵי, מוֹתוֹ. וַיֹּאמַר, יְהוָה מִסִּינַי בָּא וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ--הוֹפִיעַ מֵהַר פָּארָן, וְאָתָה מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ; מִימִינוֹ, אֵשׁדָּת לָמוֹ. אַף חֹבֵב עַמִּים, כָּל-קְדֹשָׁיו בְּיָדֶךָ; וְהֵם תֻּכּוּ לְרַגְלֶךָ, יִשָּׂא מִדַּבְּרֹתֶיךָ. תּוֹרָה צִוָּה-לָנוּ, מֹשֶׁה: מוֹרָשָׁה, קְהִלַּת יַעֲקֹב. וַיְהִי בִישֻׁרוּן, מֶלֶךְ, בְּהִתְאַסֵּף רָאשֵׁי עָם, יַחַד שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. יְחִי רְאוּבֵן, וְאַל-יָמֹת; וִיהִי מְתָיו, מִסְפָּר

See, now, that I, I am He — and no god is with Me.
I put to death and I bring life, I struck down and I will heal,
and there is no rescuer from My hand.

For I shall raise My hand to heaven and say, 'As I live forever,

if I sharpen My flashing sword and My hand grasps judgment,
I shall return vengeance upon My enemies
and upon those that hate Me shall I bring retribution.

I shall intoxicate My arrows with blood and My sword shall devour flesh,
because of the blood of corpse and captive,
because of the earliest depredations of the enemy.' "

O nations — sing the praises of His people,
for He will avenge the blood of His servants;
He will bring retribution upon His foes,
and He will appease His Land and His people.

Moses came and spoke all the words of this Song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun. Moses concluded speaking all these words to all Israel. He said to them, "Apply your hearts to all the words that I testify against you today, with which you are to instruct your children, to be careful to perform all the words of this Torah. for it is not an empty thing for you, for it is your life, and through this matter shall you prolong your days on the Land to which you cross the Jordan, to possess it."

And this is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, bestowed upon the Children of Israel before his death. He said - Hashem came from Sinai — having shone forth to them from Seir, having appeared from Mount Paran, and then approached with some of the holy myriads — from His right hand He presented the fiery Torah to them. Indeed, You loved the tribes greatly, all its holy ones were in Your hands; for they planted themselves at Your feet, bearing [the yoke] of Your utterances; "The Torah that Moses commanded us is the heritage of the Congregation of Jacob.". He became King over Jeshurun when the numbers of the nation gathered — the tribes of Israel in unity. May Reuben live and not die, and may his population be included in the count.