G. Ernest Wright has argued in "The Lawsuit of God: A Form-Critical Study of Deuteronomy 32" that the genre of the Song of Moses is that of a "covenant lawsuit" or rib. (1) This argument has been highly influential in subsequent research on the Song and is almost taken for granted by many now. (2) But not all have followed Wright's analysis. A number of criticisms have been leveled, and it has instead been argued that the Song belongs to the sphere of wisdom literature. (3) In this article, I will examine Wright's analysis of the Song, which I find wanting in regard to a number of features in the Song. I will show that the designation "covenant lawsuit" is only a partial description of the form and function of the Song, and I will argue that the Song evinces qualities of a number of different forms but that it broadly fits the category of a hymn. After demonstrating the hymnic elements that are found in the Song, I will conclude with some comments regarding the implications of these findings for the study of the Song. I. G. Ernest Wright's Analysis