¹ And unto Moses He said, `Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;'

² and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.

³ And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'

⁴ And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;

⁵ and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah -- calves.

⁶ And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;

⁷ and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, `All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'

⁸ And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, `Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.'

⁹ And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

¹⁰ and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

¹¹ and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.

¹² And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.'

¹³ And Moses riseth -- Joshua his minister also -- and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God;

¹⁴ and unto the elders he hath said, `Abide ye for us in this [place], until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur [are] with you -- he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.'

¹⁵ And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;

¹⁶ and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

¹⁷ And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah [is] as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel;

¹⁸ and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.

¹ Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

² O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

³ From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

⁴ And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

⁵ Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,

⁶ And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it [is] His treasure.

⁷ Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.

⁸ Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.

⁹ Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

¹⁰ Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

¹¹ Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you.

¹² And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

¹³ Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.

¹⁴ Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?

¹⁵ Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

¹⁶ He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

¹⁷ A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.

¹⁸ Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?

¹⁹ The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

²⁰ See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes See Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.

²¹ But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.

²² For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us.

²³ Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

²⁴ Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!