Psalm 78:43-55

New International Reader's Version

⁴³ They forgot how he had shown them his signs in Egypt.
    They forgot his miracles in the area of Zoan.
⁴⁴ He turned the river of Egypt into blood.
    The people of Egypt couldn’t drink water from their streams.
⁴⁵ He sent large numbers of flies that bit them.
    He sent frogs that destroyed their land.
⁴⁶ He gave their crops to the grasshoppers.
    He gave their food to the locusts.
⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with hail.
    He destroyed their fig trees with sleet.
⁴⁸ He killed their cattle with hail.
    Their livestock were struck by lightning.
⁴⁹ Because he was so angry with Egypt, he caused them to have great trouble.
    In his great anger he sent destroying angels against them.
⁵⁰ God prepared a path for his anger.
    He didn’t spare their lives.
    He gave them over to the plague.
⁵¹ He killed the oldest son of each family in Egypt.
    He struck down the oldest son in every house in the land of Ham.
⁵² But he brought his people out like a flock.
    He led them like sheep through the desert.
⁵³ He guided them safely, and they weren’t afraid.
    But the Red Sea swallowed up their enemies.
⁵⁴ And so he brought his people to the border of his holy land.
    He led them to the central hill country he had taken by his power.
⁵⁵ He drove out the nations to make room for his people.
    He gave to each family a piece of land to pass on to their children.
    He gave the tribes of Israel a place to make their homes.