Psalm 105:17–43

¹⁷he had ^ssent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was ^tsold as a slave.

¹⁸His ^ufeet were hurt with fetters;

his neck was put in a collar of iron;

¹⁹until ^vwhat he had said came to pass,

the word of the Lord ^wtested him.

^20xThe king sent and ^yreleased him;

the ruler of the peoples set him free;

²¹he ^zmade him lord of his house

and ruler of all his possessions,

²²to bind² his princes at his pleasure

and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Then ^aIsrael came to Egypt;

Jacob ^bsojourned in ^cthe land of Ham.

²⁴And the Lord ^dmade his people very fruitful

and made them stronger than their foes.

²⁵He ^eturned their hearts to hate his people,

to ^fdeal craftily with his servants.

²⁶He ^gsent Moses, his servant,

and Aaron, ^hwhom he had chosen.

²⁷ⁱThey performed his signs among them

and miracles in ^cthe land of Ham.

²⁸He ^jsent darkness, and made the land dark;

they ^kdid not rebel³ against his words.

²⁹He turned their waters into blood

and ^lcaused their fish to die.

³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in ^mthe chambers of their kings.

³¹He spoke, and there came ⁿswarms of flies,

^oand gnats throughout their country.

³²He gave them hail for rain,

and fiery ^plightning bolts through their land.

³³He struck down their vines and fig trees,

and ^qshattered the trees of their country.

³⁴He spoke, and the ^rlocusts came,

young locusts without number,

³⁵which devoured all the vegetation in their land

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

³⁶He ^sstruck down all the firstborn in their land,

^sthe firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷Then he brought out Israel with ^tsilver and gold,

and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

^38uEgypt was glad when they departed,

for ^vdread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹He ^wspread a cloud for a covering,

and fire to give light by night.

^40xThey asked, and he ^ybrought quail,

and gave them ^zbread from heaven in abundance.

⁴¹He opened the rock, and ^awater gushed out;

it flowed through ^bthe desert like a river.

⁴²For he ^cremembered his holy promise,

and ^dAbraham, his servant.

⁴³So he brought his people out with joy,

his ^dchosen ones with ^esinging.