^{9 Ref} `Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways;

^{10 Ref} and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee.

^{11 Ref} `And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

^{12 Ref} `Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.

^{13 Ref} `And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,

^{14 Ref} and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day -- right or left -- to go after other gods, to serve them.