Psalm 105:17–43

¹⁷He had sent a man ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.ⁿ

¹⁸They hurt his feet with shackles;

his neck was put in an iron collar.^o

¹⁹Until the time his prediction came true,

the word of the Lord tested him.^p

²⁰The king sent for him and released him;

the ruler of peoples set him free.^q

²¹He made him master of his household,

ruler over all his possessions^r—

²²binding^A his officials at will

and instructing his elders.^s

²³Then Israel went to Egypt;

Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.^t

²⁴The Lord^C made his people very fruitful;

he made them more numerous than their foes,^u

²⁵whose hearts he turned to hate his people

and to deal deceptively with his servants.^v

²⁶He sent Moses his servant,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.^w

²⁷They performed his miraculous signs among them

and wonders in the land of Ham.^x

²⁸He sent darkness, and it became dark—

for did they not defy his commands?^y

²⁹He turned their water into blood

and caused their fish to die.^z

³⁰Their land was overrun with frogs,

even in their royal chambers.^aa

³¹He spoke, and insects came^ab—

gnats throughout their country.^ac

³²He gave them hail for rain,

and lightning throughout their land.^ad

³³He struck their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their territory.^ae

³⁴He spoke, and locusts came—

young locusts without number.

³⁵They devoured all the vegetation in their land

and consumed the produce of their land.^af

³⁶He struck all the firstborn in their land,

all their first progeny.^ag

³⁷Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and no one among his tribes stumbled.^ah

³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,

for the dread of Israel^A had fallen on them.^ai

³⁹He spread a cloud as a covering

and gave a fire to light up the night.^aj

⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quail

and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^ak

⁴¹He opened a rock, and water gushed out;

it flowed like a stream in the desert.^a

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise

to Abraham his servant.^b

⁴³He brought his people out with rejoicing,

his chosen ones with shouts of joy.^c