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1 Then
Moses and the
children of Israel
sang this song
to the LORD,
and said,
“I will sing
to the LORD,
for he has
triumphed gloriously.
He has thrown
the horse and
his rider into
the sea.
2 The
LORD
is my strength
and song.
He has become
my salvation.
This is my
God, and I
will praise him;
my father’s God,
and I will
exalt him.
3 The
LORD is a man
of war.
The LORD
is his name.
4 He
has cast Pharaoh’s
chariots and his
army into the
sea.
His chosen
captains are sunk
in the Red
Sea.
5 The
deeps cover them.
They went down
into the depths
like a stone.
6 Your
right hand, LORD,
is glorious in
power.
Your right hand,
LORD, dashes the enemy
in pieces.
7 In
the greatness of
your excellency,
you overthrow those who
rise up against
you.
You send out
your wrath.
It consumes them
as stubble.
8 With
the blast of your
nostrils, the waters
were piled up.
The floods stood
upright as a
heap.
The deeps were
congealed in the
heart of the
sea.
9 The enemy
said, ‘I will
pursue. I will
overtake. I will
divide the plunder.
My desire will
be satisfied on
them.
I will draw
my sword. My
hand will destroy
them.’
10 You
blew with your
wind.
The sea covered
them.
They sank like
lead in the mighty
waters.
11 Who
is like you,
LORD, among
the gods?
Who is like
you, glorious in
holiness,
fearful in
praises, doing
wonders?
12 You
stretched out your
right hand.
The earth swallowed
them.
13 “You,
in your loving
kindness, have led
the people that
you have redeemed.
You have guided
them in your
strength to your
holy habitation.
14 The
peoples have heard.
They tremble.
Pangs have
taken hold of the
inhabitants of
Philistia.
15 Then
the chiefs of Edom
were dismayed.
Trembling takes hold of
the mighty men of
Moab.
All the
inhabitants of
Canaan have melted
away.
16 Terror
and dread falls
on them.
By the greatness
of your arm
they are as
still as a stone,
until your people
pass over, LORD,
until the people
you have purchased
pass over.
17 You
will bring them in,
and plant them
in the mountain
of your
inheritance,
the place, LORD,
which you have
made for yourself
to dwell in:
the sanctuary,
Lord, which your
hands have
established.
18 The
LORD will reign
forever and ever.”
19 For
the horses of
Pharaoh went in
with his chariots
and with his
horsemen into the
sea, and the
LORD brought back
the waters of
the sea on
them; but the
children of Israel
walked on dry
land in the
middle of the
sea.
20 Miriam
the prophetess,
the sister of Aaron,
took a tambourine
in her hand;
and all the women
went out after
her with
tambourines and
with dances.
21 Miriam
answered them,
“Sing to the
LORD, for he
has triumphed
gloriously.
He has thrown
the horse and
his rider into
the sea.”
22 Moses
led Israel onward
from the Red
Sea, and they
went out into
the wilderness of
Shur; and they
went three days
in the wilderness,
and found no
water.
23 When
they came to
Marah, they couldn’t
drink from the
waters of Marah,
for they were
bitter. Therefore
its name was
called Marah.
24 The
people murmured
against Moses, saying, “What
shall we drink?”
25 Then
he cried to
the LORD. The
LORD showed him
a tree, and
he threw it
into the waters,
and the waters
were made sweet.
There he made
a statute and
an ordinance for
them, and there
he tested them.
26 He
said, “If you
will diligently
listen to the
LORD your God’s
voice, and will
do that which
is right in
his eyes, and
will pay attention
to his
commandments, and
keep all his
statutes, I will
put none of
the diseases on
you which I
have put on
the Egyptians; for
I am the
LORD who heals
you.”
27 They
came to Elim,
where there were
twelve springs of
water and seventy
palm trees. They
encamped there by
the waters.