23 Then (A)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob (B)sojourned in (C)the land of Ham.
24 And the Lord (D)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
25 He (E)turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to (F)deal craftily with his servants.

26 He (G)sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, (H)whom he had chosen.
27 (I)They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in (J)the land of Ham.
28 He (K)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they (L)did not rebel[a] against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood
    and (M)caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in (N)the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came (O)swarms of flies,
    (P)and gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery (Q)lightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and (R)shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the (S)locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He (T)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    (U)the firstfruits of all their strength.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 105:28 Septuagint, Syriac omit not

23 Then Israel entered Egypt;(A)
    Jacob resided(B) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.(C)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous(D) for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned(E) to hate his people,
    to conspire(F) against his servants.
26 He sent Moses(G) his servant,
    and Aaron,(H) whom he had chosen.(I)
27 They performed(J) his signs(K) among them,
    his wonders(L) in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness(M) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against(N) his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood,(O)
    causing their fish to die.(P)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,(Q)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke,(R) and there came swarms of flies,(S)
    and gnats(T) throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail,(U)
    with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vines(V) and fig trees(W)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke,(X) and the locusts came,(Y)
    grasshoppers(Z) without number;(AA)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn(AB) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.

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