Psalm 78:42-55

Tell the Coming Generation

42 They y did not remember his power 1
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 z when he performed his a signs in Egypt
and his b marvels in c the fields of Zoan.
44 He d turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent among them swarms of e flies, which devoured them,
and f frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave their crops to g the destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with h hail
and their sycamores with frost.
48 He gave over their i cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of j destroying angels.
50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck down every k firstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of l Ham.
52 Then he led out his people m like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 n He led them in safety, so that they o were not afraid,
but p the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to his q holy land,
r to the mountain which his right hand had s won.
55 He t drove out nations before them;
he u apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 8:34
    And the people of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 78:43 - 51
    When he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
    Psalms 105:27 - 36
    They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 7:3
    But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
    Psalms 106:22
    Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
    Acts 7:36
    This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 4:21
    And the Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
    Exodus 11:9 - 10
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 78:12
    In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 7:17 - 24
    Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 8:21 - 24
    Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 8:2 - 14
    But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 10:12 - 15
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 9:23 - 25
    Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 9:19 - 21
    Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them."'
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 12:13
    The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
    Exodus 12:23
    For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.
    2 Samuel 24:16
    And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 12:29
    At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
    Psalms 105:36
    He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.
    Psalms 135:8
    He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast.
    Psalms 136:10
    To him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 105:23
    Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
    Psalms 105:27
    They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham.
    Psalms 106:22
    Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 77:20
    You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 14:19 - 20
    Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 14:13
    And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 14:27 - 28
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
    Exodus 15:10
    You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 15:17
    You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
  20. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:9
    They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
    Isaiah 57:13
    When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain.
    Psalms 68:16
    Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 74:2
    Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 44:2
    You with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free.
  23. Cross References
    Joshua 23:4
    Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.
    Psalms 135:12
    And gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
    Psalms 136:21 - 22
    And gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever.
    Acts 13:19
    And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
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