Psalm 105:23-45

Common English Bible

²³That’s how Israel came to Egypt,
how Jacob became an immigrant in the land of Ham.

²⁴God made his people very fruitful,
    more powerful than their enemies,
²⁵    whose hearts God changed so they hated his people
    and dealt shrewdly with his servants.
²⁶God sent Moses his servant
    and the one he chose, Aaron.
²⁷They put God’s signs on Egypt,^[a]
    his marvelous works on the land of Ham.
²⁸God sent darkness, and it became dark,
    but the Egyptians rejected his word.
²⁹God turned their waters into blood
    and killed their fish.
³⁰God made their land swarm with frogs^[b]—
    even in the bedrooms of their king!
³¹God spoke, and the insects came—
    gnats throughout their whole country!
³²God turned their rain into hail
    along with lightning flashes throughout their land.
³³God destroyed their vines and their fig trees;
    shattered the trees of their countryside.
³⁴God spoke, and the locusts came—
    countless grasshoppers came!
³⁵    They devoured all the plants in their land;
        they devoured the fruit of their soil.
³⁶God struck down all the oldest sons throughout their land;
    struck down their very pride and joy.
³⁷Then God brought Israel out, filled with silver and gold;
    not one of its tribes stumbled.
³⁸Egypt celebrated when they left,
    because the dread of Israel had come upon them.

³⁹God spread out clouds as a covering;
    gave lightning to provide light at night.
⁴⁰The people asked, and God brought quail;
    God filled them full with food from heaven.
⁴¹God opened the rock and out gushed water—
    flowing like a river through the desert!
⁴²Because God remembered his holy promise
    to Abraham his servant,
⁴³    God brought his people out with rejoicing,
    his chosen ones with songs of joy.
⁴⁴God gave them the lands of other nations;
    they inherited the wealth of many peoples—
⁴⁵        all so that they would keep his laws
        and observe his instructions.