24  And ^qthe Lord made his people very fruitful

and made them stronger than their foes.

25  ^rHe turned their hearts to hate his people,

to deal craftily with his servants.

26  He ^ssent Moses, his servant,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27  ^tThey performed his ^usigns among them

and miracles in the land of Ham.

28  ^vHe sent darkness, and made the land dark;

they did not rebel¹ against his words.

29  ^wHe turned their waters into blood

and caused their fish to die.

30  ^xTheir land swarmed with frogs,

even in the chambers of their kings.

31  He spoke, and ^ythere came swarms of flies,

and ^zgnats throughout their country.

32  ^aHe gave them hail for rain,

and ^bfiery lightning bolts through their land.

33  He struck down their vines and fig trees,

and shattered the trees of their country.

34  He spoke, and ^cthe locusts came,

young locusts without number,

35  which devoured all the vegetation in their land

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36  ^dHe struck down all the firstborn in their land,

^ethe firstfruits of all their strength.

37  ^fThen he brought out Israel with silver and gold,

and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

38  ^gEgypt was glad when they departed,

for dread of them had fallen upon it.

39  He spread a ^hcloud for a covering,

and fire to give light by night.

40  They asked, and ⁱhe brought quail,

and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.

41  ^jHe opened the rock, and water gushed out;

it flowed through the desert like a river.

42  For he remembered his holy promise,

and Abraham, his servant.

43  So he brought his people out with joy,

his chosen ones ^kwith singing.