“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,

and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

2 May my teaching drop as the rain,

my speech distill as the dew,

like gentle rain upon the tender grass,

and like showers upon the herb.

3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;

ascribe greatness to our God!

4 “The Rock, his work is perfect,

for all his ways are justice.

A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,

just and upright is he.

5 They have dealt corruptly with him;

they are no longer his children because they are blemished;

they are a crooked and twisted generation.

6 Do you thus repay the Lord,

you foolish and senseless people?

Is not he your father, who created you,

who made you and established you?

7 Remember the days of old;

consider the years of many generations;

ask your father, and he will show you,

your elders, and they will tell you.

8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,

when he di