Psalm 105:12-22
Amplified Bible
12
When there were only a few men in number,
Very few [in fact], and strangers in it;
13
And they wandered from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people,
14
He allowed no man to oppress them;
He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,(A)
15
“Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”(B)
16
And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt];
He [a]cut off every source of bread.(C)
17
He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.(D)
18
His feet they hurt with shackles;
[b]He was put in chains of iron,
19
Until the time that his word [of prophecy regarding his brothers] came true,
The word of the Lord tested and refined him.
20
The king sent and released him,
The ruler of the peoples [of Egypt], and set him free.
21
He made Joseph lord of his house
And ruler of all his possessions,(E)
22
To imprison his princes at his will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.
Footnotes
- Psalm 105:16 Lit broke the whole rod of, referring to the fact that bread was stored as ring-shaped loaves on a rod. If the rod was broken, the loaves fell off and were lost or ruined.
- Psalm 105:18 Lit his soul came into.
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