Discovery BoxPsalms 105:10-15 
Context105:10 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
Context105:26 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.
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.”
5 tn Apparently the pronoun refers to “his servants” (i.e., the Israelites, see v. 25).
6 tn Heb “he sent darkness and made it dark.”
sn He made it dark. The psalmist begins with the ninth plague (see Exod 10:21-29).
7 tn Heb “they did not rebel against his words.” Apparently this refers to Moses and Aaron, who obediently carried out God’s orders.
8 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
9 tn Heb “he gave their rains hail.”
10 tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”
11 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”
12 tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”
13 tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).
sn Verses 28-36 recall the plagues in a different order than the one presented in Exodus: v. 28 (plague 9), v. 29 (plague 1), v. 30 (plague 2), v. 31a (plague 4), v. 31b (plague 3), vv. 32-33 (plague 7), vv. 34-35 (plague 8), v. 36 (plague 10). No reference is made in Ps 105 to plagues 5 and 6.
14 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the
15 tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
