Exodus 15:1–12

Then Moses and the children of Israel sung this canticle to the Lord, and said: Let us sing to the Lord: for he is gloriously magnified, the horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea.

²The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he is become salvation to me: he is my God, and I will glorify him: the God of my father, and I will exalt him.

³The Lord is as a man of war, Almighty is his name.

⁴Pharao’s chariots and his army he hath cast into the sea: his chosen captains are drowned in the Red Sea.

⁵The depths have covered them, they are sunk to the bottom like a stone.

⁶Thy right hand, O Lord, is magnified in strength: thy right hand, O Lord, hath slain the enemy.

⁷And in the multitude of thy glory thou hast put down thy adversaries: thou hast sent thy wrath, which hath devoured them like stubble.

⁸And with the blast of thy anger the waters were gathered together: the flowing water stood, the depths were gathered together in the midst of the sea.

⁹The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.

¹⁰Thy wind blew and the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, terrible and praise-worthy, doing wonders?

¹²Thou stretchedst forth thy hand, and the earth swallowed them.