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42 They did not remember what he had done,[a]
how he delivered them from the enemy,[b]
43 when he performed his awesome deeds[c] in Egypt,
and his acts of judgment[d] in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:42 tn Heb “his hand,” symbolizing his saving activity and strength, as the next line makes clear.
  2. Psalm 78:42 tn Heb “[the] day [in] which he ransomed them from [the] enemy.”
  3. Psalm 78:43 tn Or “signs” (see Ps 65:8).
  4. Psalm 78:43 tn Or “portents, omens” (see Ps 71:7). The Egyptian plagues are referred to here (see vv. 44-51).

42 They did not remember(A) his power—
    the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(B)
43 the day he displayed his signs(C) in Egypt,
    his wonders(D) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(E)
    they could not drink from their streams.

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