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38 Who ate the fat of their offerings
    and drank the wine that was their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you
    and be your hiding place!’

39 “Look now! I AM,[a]
    and there is no other god besides me.
I myself cause death
    and I sustain life;
I wound severely
    and I also heal;
        from my power[b] no one can deliver.

40 “I solemnly swear[c] to heaven—
    I say ‘As certainly as I’m alive and living forever,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:39 So LXX; MT reads I, I myself, am he
  2. Deuteronomy 32:39 Lit. hand
  3. Deuteronomy 32:40 Lit. raise my hand

38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(A)
Let them rise up to help you!
    Let them give you shelter!

39 “See now that I myself am he!(B)
    There is no god besides me.(C)
I put to death(D) and I bring to life,(E)
    I have wounded and I will heal,(F)
    and no one can deliver out of my hand.(G)
40 I lift my hand(H) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,(I)

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