Deuteronomy 8

¹ For thi Lord God schal lede thee in to a good lond, in to the lond of ryueris, and of stondynge watris, and of wellis, in whos feeldis and mounteyns the depthis of floodis breken out; 2 in to the lond of wheete, of barli, and of vyneris, in which lond fige trees, and pumgranadis, and olyue trees comen forth; in to the lond of oile, and of hony; ³ where thow schalt ete thi breed with out nedynesse, and schalt vse the aboundaunce of alle thingis; of which lond the stonys ben yrun, and metals of tyn ben diggid of the hillis therof; ⁴ that whanne thou hast ete, and art fillid, thou blesse thi Lord God for the beste lond which he yaf to thee. ⁵ Therfor kepe thou, and be war, lest ony tyme thou foryete thi Lord God, and dispise hise comaundementis, and domes, and cerymonyes, whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai; ⁶ lest aftir that thou hast ete, and art fillid, hast bildid faire housis, and hast dwellid in tho, ⁷ and hast droues of oxun, and flockis of scheep, and plente of siluer, and of gold, and of alle thingis, thine herte be reisid, ⁸ and thenke not on thi Lord God, that ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt, and fro the hous of seruage, ⁹ and was thi ledere in the greet wildirnesse and ferdful, in which was a serpent in which was a serpent and so forth, fro the hirting of whiche the Lord defendide thee; and the synguler is takun here for the plurel, a serpent, that is, serpentis, and so of scorpioun and dipsas, as in viij co. of Exodi, a greuouseste flie cam, that is, the multitude of flies; also the glos seith, that dipsas is a kynde of the leeste serpent, so that it is unnethis perseyued, and he perischith soone, whom euere dipsas bitith. brenninge with blast, and scorpioun that is, an eddre that feyneth swetnesse with the heed, but venemeth with the tayl. , and dipsas that is, an eddre. dipsas is an eddre, that makith hem whom he stinggith to die for thirst. , and outirli no watris; which Lord ledde out stremes of the hardeste stoon, 10 and fedde thee with manna in the wildirnesse, which manna thi fadris knewen not. And after that the Lord turmentid thee, and preuede, at the last he hadd mersi on thee, 11 lest thou woldist seie in thin herte, My strengthe, and the myyt of myn hond yaf alle these thingis to me. 12 But thenke thou on thi Lord God, that he yaf strengthis to thee, that he schulde fille his couenaunt, of whiche he swoor to thi fadris, as present dai schewith. 13 Forsothe if thou foryetist thi Lord God, and suest aliene goddis, and worschipist hem in herte, and onourist with outforth, lo! now Y biforseie to thee, that thou schalt perische outerli; 14 as hethen men perischiden, whiche the Lord dide awei in thin entryng, so and ye schulen perische, if ye schulen be vnobedient to the vois of youre Lord God. 16 Here thou, Israel; thou schalt passe Jordan to dai, that thou welde mooste naciouns, and strengere than thou; grete citees, and wallid til to heuene; ¹⁷ a greet puple, and hiy; the sones of Enachym, whiche thi silf siest, and herdist, whiche no man may ayenstonde in the contrarie part. 18 Therfor thou schalt wite to dai, that thi Lord God hym silf schal passe bifor thee; he is a fier deuourynge and wastynge, that schal al to breke hem, and schal do awei, and destrie bifor thi face swiftli, as he spak to thee. 19 Seie thou not in thin herte, whanne thi Lord God hath do hem awey in thi siyt, For my riytfulnesse the Lord brouyte me yn, that Y schulde welde this lond; sithen these naciouns ben doon awey for her wickidnessis. 20 For not for thi riytfulnessis, and equyte of thin herte thou schalt entre that thou welde the lond of hem; but for thei diden wickidli, thei weren doon awey, whanne thou entridist, and that the Lord schulde fille his word which he bihiyte vndur an ooth to thi fadris, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.