A reading from the book of Deuteronomy.

And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his

commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations

of the earth, and all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you obey the

voice of the Lord your God.

Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle,

the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.

Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you.

They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you undertake, and he will bless you

in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself,

as he has sworn to you. If you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways,

and all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be

afraid of you, and the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb, and in the fruit

of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers

to give you. The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your

land in its season, and to bless all

the work of your hands, and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and the

Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down. If you obey the

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