Discovery BoxPsalms 105:28-36
Contextthey did not disobey his orders. 2
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; 3
gnats invaded their whole territory.
105:32 He sent hail along with the rain; 4
there was lightning in their land. 5
105:33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
105:34 He ordered locusts to come, 6
innumerable grasshoppers.
105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields. 7
105:36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power. 8
[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] 3 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
[105:32] 5 tn Heb “he gave their rains hail.”
[105:32] 6 tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”
[105:34] 7 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”
[105:35] 9 tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”
[105:36] 11 tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).
