105:33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
105:34 He ordered locusts to come, 1
innumerable grasshoppers.
105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields. 2
105:36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power. 3
105:37 He brought his people 4 out enriched 5 with silver and gold;
none of his tribes stumbled.
105:38 Egypt was happy when they left,
for they were afraid of them. 6
105:39 He spread out a cloud for a cover, 7
and provided a fire to light up the night.
105:40 They asked for food, 8 and he sent quails;
he satisfied them with food from the sky. 9
105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;
a river ran through dry regions.
105:42 Yes, 10 he remembered the sacred promise 11
he made to Abraham his servant.
105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;
his chosen ones shouted with joy. 12
105:44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, 13
105:45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey 14 his laws.
Praise the Lord!
1 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”
2 tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”
3 tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).
4 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the
5 tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “for fear of them had fallen upon them.”
7 tn Or “curtain.”
8 tn Heb “he [i.e., his people] asked.” The singular form should probably be emended to a plural שָׁאֲלוּ (sha’alu, “they asked”), the vav (ו) having fallen off by haplography (note the vav at the beginning of the following form).
9 tn Or “bread of heaven.” The reference is to manna (see Exod 16:4, 13-15).
10 tn Or “for.”
11 tn Heb “his holy word.”
12 tn Heb “and he led his people out with joy, with a ringing cry, his chosen ones.”
13 tn Heb “and the [product of the] work of peoples they possessed.”
14 tn Heb “guard.”