6. Is this how you repay the Lord,so foolish and unwise a people?Is he not your father who begot you,the one who made and established you?
7. Remember the days of old,consider the years of generations past.Ask your father, he will inform you,your elders, they will tell you:
8. When the Most High allotted each nation its heritage,when he separated out human beings,He set up the boundaries of the peoplesafter the number of the divine beings;
9. But the Lord’s portion was his people;his allotted share was Jacob.