Mazmur 105:10-15
Konteks105:10 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!”
Mazmur 105:26-37
Konteks105:26 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.
[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.
[105:27] 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] sn He made it dark. The psalmist begins with the ninth plague (see Exod 10:21-29).
[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).
[105:36] 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.
[105:37] 14 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the
[105:37] 15 tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
