Psalms 105:10-15

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!”

Psalms 105:26-37

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.

[105:10]  ¹ tn Or “eternal covenant.”

[105:13]  ² tn Heb “and from a kingdom to another nation.”

[105:15]  ³ tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[105:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “anointed.”

[105:27]  ⁵ tn Apparently the pronoun refers to “his servants” (i.e., the Israelites, see v. 25).

[105:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “he sent darkness and made it dark.”

[105:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “they did not rebel against his words.” Apparently this refers to Moses and Aaron, who obediently carried out God’s orders.

[105:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”

[105:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “he gave their rains hail.”

[105:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”

[105:34]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”

[105:35]  ¹² tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”

[105:36]  ¹³ tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).

[105:37]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Lord’s people) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[105:37]  ¹⁵ tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.