When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan,
Parallel translations
- WEB how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
- KJV How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
- BSB when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- NKJV When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
- NLT They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain of Zoan.
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Quick answer
Asaph recalls the signs and wonders God performed in Egypt. He rehearses the plagues as proof of God's redeeming power.
Overview
The psalm now recounts God's 'signs in Egypt,' the wonders 'in the field of Zoan.' These plagues displayed God's supremacy over Pharaoh and Egypt's gods. They formed the historical basis of Israel's faith, and they prefigure the greater deliverance God works through the Passover Lamb, fulfilled in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 4:21Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
- Exod 3:19–20I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
- Deut 6:22and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
- Exod 7:3I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
- Neh 9:10and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.
- Deut 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Ps 135:9Who sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;
- Ps 105:27–38They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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