"Knowthis daythat I [am] not [speaking] with your sonswhohave not knownand whohave not seenthe disciplineof the LORDyour God--His greatness,His mightyhandand His outstretchedarm,
"So,having obtainedhelpfrom God,I standto thisdaytestifyingbothto smalland great,statingnothingbut whatthe Prophetsand Mosessaidwas goingto take place;
So that your trustmay be in the LORD,I have taughtyou today,evenyou.
"You standtoday,allof you, beforethe LORDyour God:your chiefs,your tribes,your eldersand your officers,[even] allthe menof Israel,
"I prayedto the LORDand said,'O LordGOD,do not destroyYour people,even Your inheritance,whomYou have redeemedthrough Your greatness,whomYou have broughtout of Egyptwith a mightyhand.
"It shall comeabout ifyou everforgetthe LORDyour Godand goafterothergodsand servethem and worshipthem, I testifyagainst you todaythat you will surelyperish.
the greattrialswhichyour eyessawand the signsand the wondersand the mightyhandand the outstretchedarmby whichthe LORDyour Godbroughtyou out. Soshall the LORDyour Goddoto allthe peoplesof whomyou are afraid.
"You said,'Behold,the LORDour Godhas shownus His gloryand His greatness,and we have heardHis voicefrom the midstof the fire;we have seentodaythat Godspeakswith man,yet he lives.
"Orhas a godtriedto goto takefor himself a nationfrom within[another] nationby trials,by signsand wondersand by warand by a mightyhandand by an outstretchedarmand by greatterrors,as the LORDyour Goddidfor you in Egyptbefore your eyes?
O LordGOD,You have begunto showYour servantYour greatnessand Your stronghand;for whatgodis there in heavenor on earthwhocan dosuch worksand mightyactsas Yours?
With a stronghandand an outstretchedarm,For His lovingkindnessis everlasting.
But He was piercedthroughfor our transgressions,He was crushedfor our iniquities;The chasteningfor our well-being[fell] upon Him, And by His scourgingwe are healed.
"Say,therefore,to the sonsof Israel,I am the LORD,and I will bringyou out from underthe burdensof the Egyptians,and I will deliveryou from their bondage.I will also redeemyou with an outstretchedarmand with greatjudgments.
Israelservedthe LORDallthe daysof Joshuaand allthe daysof the elderswhosurvivedJoshua,and had knownallthe deedsof the LORDwhichHe had donefor Israel.
