#Moses, #Psalmtweet Deuteronomy 32:31-33

Warning, the remaining verses of this song are ferocious. How is vengeance to be dealt with? The speaker is unclear in verse 31. Perhaps Moses or a copyist interjects a word.

Deuteronomy 32:31-33

Verse 31 is perplexing. Why did I choose intercessors for plilim? The root is a masculine plural of pll. Three times the form appears in the canon and is traditionally rendered judges. That gloss is off the table for me. I am an intercessor. Who cannot be in these days of enemies everywhere. Again, it is unclear who the speaker is. Who is the our and who the their? Psalm 91 is an antidote.

A common word occurs 22 times in Psalm 78. The word is la, (pronounced lo) a negative. 

כִּ֛י לֹ֥א כְצוּרֵ֖נוּ צוּרָ֑ם וְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּ פְּלִילִֽים ס		31 ♪d For not as our Rock is their rock, and our enemies are intercessors.
la ci la cxurnu xurm vaoibinu plilim s	8 8	ci la c/xvr\nv xvr\m v/aib\inv pll\im
כִּֽי־מִגֶּ֤פֶן סְדֹם֙ גַּפְנָ֔ם וּמִשַּׁדְמֹ֖ת עֲמֹרָ֑ה עֲנָבֵ֙מוֹ֙ עִנְּבֵי־ר֔וֹשׁ אַשְׁכְּלֹ֥ת מְרֹרֹ֖ת לָֽמוֹ ס		32 For from the vine of Sodom are their vines and from the fields of Gomorrah, their grapes are grapes of want, clusters of bitterness to them.
lb ci-mgpn sdom gpnm umwdmot ymorh ynbimo yinbi-raw awclot mrorot lmo s	14 16	ci m/gpn sdm gpn\m vm/wd\mt ymrh ynb\mv ynb\i rvw awcl\t mrr\t l\mv
חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר ס		33 The poison of dragons their wine, and the venom of vicious adders.
lg kmt tninim iinm vraw ptnim aczr s	7 8	km\t tnin\m iin\m v/raw ptn\im aczr

To whom does the pronoun their apply?