You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God.

You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me – this whole nation is guilty.

Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

But Pharaoh replied, “You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’

They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!

But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant

You are my brothers – my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?’

You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter.

You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.

And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

You too will act like drunkards; you will go into hiding; you too will seek refuge from the enemy.