In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them.

我们的祖宗倚靠你；他们倚靠你，你便解救他们。

我们的祖宗倚靠你；他们倚靠你，你解救他们。

我们的祖宗倚靠你；他们倚靠你，你解救他们。

我们的祖先信靠你，他们信靠你，你就拯救他们。

我们的列祖倚靠你，他们倚靠你，你就救他们。

我们的祖先依靠你；他们依靠你，你就解救他们。

我們的祖宗倚靠你；他們倚靠你，你便解救他們。

我們的祖宗倚靠你；他們倚靠你，你解救他們。

我們的祖宗倚靠你；他們倚靠你，你解救他們。

我們的祖先信靠你，他們信靠你，你就拯救他們。

我們的列祖倚靠你，他們倚靠你，你就救他們。

我們祖宗所倚靠的是你；他們倚靠你，你便解救了他們。

我們的祖先依靠你；他們依靠你，你就解救他們。

我之列祖、惟爾是恃、彼倚賴爾、爾救援之兮、

我之列祖、惟爾是賴、蒙爾拯救兮、

我儕列祖皆倚賴主、倚賴主即蒙救援、

夫主固吾族之所口碑兮。精靈夙彪炳乎歌詩。

In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

Our people of long ago put their trust in you. They trusted in you, and you saved them.

In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them.

Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them.

Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.

Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You rescued them.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them.

Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

But Moses said to the people,“ Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever.The Lord will fight for you, while you keep silent.”

God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old.You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You let them go free.For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them.You are my King, God; Command victories for Jacob.Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us.

In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken,“ So shall your descendants be.”Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.Therefore it was also credited to him as righteousness.

When Israel saw the great power which the Lord had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he left, not knowing where he was going.By faith he lived as a stranger in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise;for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.Therefore even from one man, and one who was as good as dead at that, there were born descendants who were just as the stars of heaven in number, and as the innumerable grains of sand along the seashore.All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.And indeed if they had been thinking of that country which they left, they would have had opportunity to return.But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and the one who had received the promises was offering up his only son;it was he to whom it was said,“ Through Isaac your descendants shall be named.”He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type.By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,choosing rather to endure ill treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin,considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as though seeing Him who is unseen.By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after the Israelites had marched around them for seven days.By faith the prostitute Rahab did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

Then he believed in the Lord; and He credited it to him as righteousness.

Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and the Philistines advanced to battle Israel. But the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day against the Philistines and confused them, so that they were struck down before Israel.And the men of Israel came out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and killed them as far as below Beth car.Then Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it Ebenezer, saying,“ So far the Lord has helped us.”

Then he said,“ Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Then Jacob said,“ God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Lord, who said to me,‘ Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’I am unworthy of all the favor and of all the faithfulness, which You have shown to Your servant; for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.For You said,‘ I will assuredly make you prosper and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’ ”