105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise, 1
105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
105:12 When they were few in number,
just a very few, and resident aliens within it,
105:13 they wandered from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another. 2
105:14 He let no one oppress them;
he disciplined kings for their sake,
105:15 saying, 3 “Don’t touch my chosen 4 ones!
Don’t harm my prophets!”
105:26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
105:27 They executed his miraculous signs among them, 5
and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
105:28 He made it dark; 6
they did not disobey his orders. 7
105:29 He turned their water into blood,
and killed their fish.
105:30 Their land was overrun by frogs,
which even got into the rooms of their kings.
105:31 He ordered flies to come; 8
gnats invaded their whole territory.
105:32 He sent hail along with the rain; 9
there was lightning in their land. 10
105:33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
105:34 He ordered locusts to come, 11
innumerable grasshoppers.
105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields. 12
105:36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power. 13
105:37 He brought his people 14 out enriched 15 with silver and gold;
none of his tribes stumbled.
1 tn Or “eternal covenant.”
2 tn Heb “and from a kingdom to another nation.”
3 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “anointed.”
4 tn Apparently the pronoun refers to “his servants” (i.e., the Israelites, see v. 25).
5 tn Heb “he sent darkness and made it dark.”
6 tn Heb “they did not rebel against his words.” Apparently this refers to Moses and Aaron, who obediently carried out God’s orders.
6 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
7 tn Heb “he gave their rains hail.”
8 tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”
8 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”
9 tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”
10 tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).
11 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the
12 tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.