^{43 Ref} When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

^{44 Ref} And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

^{45 Ref} He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

^{46 Ref} And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

^{47 Ref} He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

^{48 Ref} And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

^{49 Ref} He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.

^{50 Ref} He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

^{51 Ref} And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

^{52 Ref} And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

^{53 Ref} And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

^{54 Ref} And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

^{55 Ref} And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

^{56 Ref} And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

^{57 Ref} And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

^{58 Ref} And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

^{59 Ref} God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

^{60 Ref} And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

^{61 Ref} And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

^{62 Ref} And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

^{63 Ref} His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

^{64 Ref} His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

^{65 Ref} And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

^{66 Ref} And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

^{67 Ref} And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

^{68 Ref} And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

^{69 Ref} And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

^{70 Ref} And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

^{71 Ref} From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

^{72 Ref} And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!