Psalms 105:23-38

23Then Jacob's family came into Egypt. They lived as strangers in the land of Ham's descendants.

24The Lord gave to his people many children. They became more powerful than their enemies.

25So the Egyptians began to hate God's people. They did cruel things to the Lord's people.

26The Lord sent his servant Moses to help his people in Egypt. He also chose Aaron to help them.

27Moses and Aaron did many miracles in Egypt, where Ham's descendants lived. They showed the Lord's great power to the Egyptians.

28God made all the land become dark. But the Egyptians did not obey God's command.

29God caused their rivers to become blood, and he killed their fish.

30Frogs covered all their land. They even went into the bedrooms of the palace!

31The Lord commanded flies and gnats to cover the whole country.

32He sent hail with the rain, and there was lightning everywhere.

33He destroyed their vines and fig trees. He knocked down the trees everywhere in their country.

34He commanded many locusts to come. There were too many locusts to count!

35They ate all the plants in their land, and all the crops in their fields.

36Then the Lord killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt. He killed the oldest son in each family.

37So the Lord led his people out from Egypt. They took with them valuable silver and gold things. Nobody among the Israelite people was too weak to go.

38The Egyptians were happy when they went, because they were afraid of the Israelites.