¹ 耶和華對亞伯蘭說：你要離開本地、本族、父家，往我所要指示你的地去。

² 我必叫你成為大國。我必賜福給你，叫你的名為大；你也要叫別人得福。

³ 為你祝福的，我必賜福與他；那咒詛你的，我必咒詛他。地上的萬族都要因你得福。

⁴ 亞伯蘭就照著耶和華的吩咐去了；羅得也和他同去。亞伯蘭出哈蘭的時候年七十五歲。

⁵ 亞伯蘭將他妻子撒萊和姪兒羅得，連他們在哈蘭所積蓄的財物、所得的人口，都帶往迦南地去。他們就到了迦南地。

⁶ 亞伯蘭經過那地，到了示劍地方、摩利橡樹那裡。那時迦南人住在那地。

⁷ 耶和華向亞伯蘭顯現，說：我要把這地賜給你的後裔。亞伯蘭就在那裡為向他顯現的耶和華築了一座壇。

⁸ 從那裡他又遷到伯特利東邊的山，支搭帳棚；西邊是伯特利，東邊是艾。他在那裡又為耶和華築了一座壇，求告耶和華的名。

⁹ 後來亞伯蘭又漸漸遷往南地去。

¹⁰ 那地遭遇饑荒。因饑荒甚大，亞伯蘭就下埃及去，要在那裡暫居。

¹¹ 將近埃及，就對他妻子撒萊說：我知道你是容貌俊美的婦人。

¹² 埃及人看見你必說：這是他的妻子，他們就要殺我，卻叫你存活。

¹³ 求你說，你是我的妹子，使我因你得平安，我的命也因你存活。

¹⁴ 及至亞伯蘭到了埃及，埃及人看見那婦人極其美貌。

¹⁵ 法老的臣宰看見了他，就在法老面前誇獎他。那婦人就被帶進法老的宮去。

¹⁶ 法老因這婦人就厚待亞伯蘭，亞伯蘭得了許多牛、羊、駱駝、公驢、母驢、僕婢。

¹⁷ 耶和華因亞伯蘭妻子撒萊的緣故，降大災與法老和他的全家。

¹⁸ 法老就召了亞伯蘭來，說：你這向我作的是甚麼事呢？為甚麼沒有告訴我他是你的妻子？

¹⁹ 為甚麼說他是你的妹子，以致我把他取來要作我的妻子？現在你的妻子在這裡，可以帶他走罷。

²⁰ 於是法老吩咐人將亞伯蘭和他妻子，並他所有的都送走了。

¹ A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

² Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

³ God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.

⁴ His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

⁵ Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.

⁶ He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

⁷ I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.

⁸ Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?

⁹ You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.

¹⁰ The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.

¹¹ The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.

¹² You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.

¹³ You went forth for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.

¹⁴ You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.

¹⁵ You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.

¹⁶ I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

¹⁷ For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:

¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

¹⁹ Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer's feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.