¹³ they wandered from nation to nation,^(A)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress^(B) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(C)
15 “Do not touch^(D) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(E) no harm.”

¹⁶ He called down famine^(F) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(G)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(H)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(I) came to pass,
    till the word^(J) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(K)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(L) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(M)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(N)
    Jacob resided^(O) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(P)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous^(Q) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(R) to hate his people,
    to conspire^(S) against his servants.