Discovery BoxPsalms 105:26-39
Context105:26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
105:27 They executed his miraculous signs among them, 1
and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
they did not disobey his orders. 3
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; 4
gnats invaded their whole territory.
105:32 He sent hail along with the rain; 5
there was lightning in their land. 6
105:33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
105:34 He ordered locusts to come, 7
innumerable grasshoppers.
105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields. 8
105:36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power. 9
105:37 He brought his people 10 out enriched 11 with silver and gold;
none of his tribes stumbled.
105:38 Egypt was happy when they left,
for they were afraid of them. 12
105:39 He spread out a cloud for a cover, 13
and provided a fire to light up the night.
[105:27] 1 tn Apparently the pronoun refers to “his servants” (i.e., the Israelites, see v. 25).
[105:28] 1 tn Heb “he sent darkness and made it dark.”
[105:28] 2 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] 1 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
[105:32] 1 tn Heb “he gave their rains hail.”
[105:32] 2 tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”
[105:34] 1 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”
[105:35] 1 tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”
[105:36] 1 tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).
[105:37] 1 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the
[105:37] 2 tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
