Psalm 78:42–53

They did not remember his power

or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,

when he performed his signs in Egypt

and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.

He turned their rivers to blood,

so that they could not drink of their streams.

He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them,

and frogs, which destroyed them.

He gave their crops to the destroying locust

and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

He destroyed their vines with hail

and their sycamores with frost.

He gave over their cattle to the hail

and their flocks to thunderbolts.

He let loose on them his burning anger,

wrath, indignation, and distress,

a company of destroying angels.

He made a path for his anger;

he did not spare them from death,

but gave their lives over to the plague.

He struck down every firstborn in Egypt,

the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Then he led out his people like sheep

and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid,

but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

They did not remember his power shown

on the day he redeemed them from the foe,

when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt

and his wonders in the territory of Zoan.

He turned their rivers into blood,

and they could not drink from their streams.

He sent among them swarms of flies,

which fed on them,

and frogs, which devastated them.

He gave their crops to the caterpillar

and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

He killed their vines with hail

and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.

He handed over their livestock to hail

and their cattle to lightning bolts.

He sent his burning anger against them:

fury, indignation, and calamity—

a band of deadly messengers.

He cleared a path for his anger.

He did not spare them from death

but delivered their lives to the plague.

He struck all the firstborn in Egypt,

the first progeny of the tents of Ham.

He led his people out like sheep

and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

He led them safely, and they were not afraid;

but the sea covered their enemies.

They did not remember his power

and how he rescued them from their enemies.

They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt,

his wonders on the plain of Zoan.

For he turned their rivers into blood,

so no one could drink from the streams.

He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them

and hordes of frogs to ruin them.

He gave their crops to caterpillars;

their harvest was consumed by locusts.

He destroyed their grapevines with hail

and shattered their sycamore-figs with sleet.

He abandoned their cattle to the hail,

their livestock to bolts of lightning.

He loosed on them his fierce anger—

all his fury, rage, and hostility.

He dispatched against them

a band of destroying angels.

He turned his anger against them;

he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives

but ravaged them with the plague.

He killed the oldest son in each Egyptian family,

the flower of youth throughout the land of Egypt.

But he led his own people like a flock of sheep,

guiding them safely through the wilderness.

He kept them safe so they were not afraid;

but the sea covered their enemies.

And they did not remember his power

when he redeemed them from the enemy,

how he performed his signs in Egypt

and his wonders in the region of Zoan,

when he turned their rivers to blood

so they could not drink from their streams.

He sent among them flies that devoured them

and frogs that destroyed them.

And he gave their crop to the locusts

and their labor to the locust.

He destroyed their vines with hail

and their sycamore trees with sleet.

He also handed their cattle over to the hail

and their livestock to the lightning bolts.

He sent against them his fierce anger,

rage and indignation and trouble,

a band of destroying angels.

He cleared a path for his anger.

He did not spare them from death

but handed their life over to the plague.

And he struck down all the firstborn in Egypt,

the first of their virility in the tents of Ham.

Then he led out his people like sheep

and guided them like a herd in the wilderness.

And he led them safely and they were not afraid,

but the sea covered their enemies.

They remembered not his hand,

Nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt,

And his wonders in the field of Zoan:

And had turned their rivers into blood;

And their floods, that they could not drink.

He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;

And frogs, which destroyed them.

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller,

And their labour unto the locust.

He destroyed their vines with hail,

And their sycomore trees with frost.

He gave up their cattle also to the hail,

And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,

Wrath, and indignation, and trouble,

By sending evil angels among them.

He made a way to his anger;

He spared not their soul from death,

But gave their life over to the pestilence;

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt;

The chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

But made his own people to go forth like sheep,

And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not:

But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.