Psalm 105:17–43

¹⁷Then he sent a man ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

¹⁸They put chains around his feet

and an iron ring around his neck.

¹⁹Then the time he had spoken of came,

and the Lord’s words proved that Joseph was right.

²⁰The king of Egypt sent for Joseph and freed him;

the ruler of the people set him free.

²¹He made him the master of his house;

Joseph was in charge of his riches.

²²He could order the princes as he wished.

He taught the older men to be wise.

²³Then his father Israel came to Egypt;

Jacob ⁿ lived in Egypt. ⁿ

²⁴The Lord made his people grow in number,

and he made them stronger than their enemies.

²⁵He caused the Egyptians to hate his people

and to make plans against his servants.

²⁶Then he sent his servant Moses,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

²⁷They did many signs among the Egyptians

and worked wonders in Egypt.

²⁸The Lord sent darkness and made the land dark,

but the Egyptians turned against what he said.

²⁹So he changed their water into blood

and made their fish die.

³⁰Then their country was filled with frogs,

even in the bedrooms of their rulers.

³¹The Lord spoke and flies came,

and gnats were everywhere in the country.

³²He made hail fall like rain

and sent lightning through their land.

³³He struck down their grapevines and fig trees,

and he destroyed every tree in the country.

³⁴He spoke and grasshoppers came;

the locusts were too many to count.

³⁵They ate all the plants in the land

and everything the earth produced.

³⁶The Lord also killed all the firstborn sons in the land,

the oldest son of each family.

³⁷Then he brought his people out,

and they carried with them silver and gold.

Not one of his people stumbled.

³⁸The Egyptians were glad when they left,

because the Egyptians were afraid of them.

³⁹The Lord covered them with a cloud

and lit up the night with fire.

⁴⁰When they asked, he brought them quail

and filled them with bread from heaven.

⁴¹God split the rock, and water flowed out;

it ran like a river through the desert.

⁴²He remembered his holy promise

to his servant Abraham.

⁴³So God brought his people out with joy,

his chosen ones with singing.