Exodus 15:1–18

The Song of Moses and Israel

^1aThen Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to Yahweh ¹and said,

“^2bI will sing to Yahweh, for He ³is highly exalted;

^cThe horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.

²“^1aYah is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation;

^bThis is my God, and I will praise Him;

^cMy father’s God, and I will ^dextol Him.

³“^aYahweh is a warrior;

^bYahweh is His name.

⁴“^aPharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;

And the choicest of his officers are sunk in the ¹Red Sea.

⁵“The deeps cover them;

^aThey went down into the depths like a stone.

⁶“^aYour right hand, O Yahweh, is majestic in power,

^bYour right hand, O Yahweh, shatters the enemy.

⁷“And in the greatness of Your ¹exaltation You ^apull down those who rise up against You;

^bYou send forth Your burning anger, and it ^cdevours them as chaff.

⁸“^aAnd at the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up,

^bThe flowing waters stood up like a heap;

The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

⁹“^aThe enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will ^bdivide the spoil;

My ¹desire shall be fulfilled against them;

I will draw out my sword, my hand will dispossess them.’

¹⁰“^aYou blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;

^bThey sank like lead in the ¹mighty waters.

¹¹“^aWho is like You among the gods, O Yahweh?

Who is like You, ^bmajestic in holiness,

^cFearsome in praises, ^dworking wonders?

¹²“^aYou stretched out Your right hand,

The earth swallowed them.

¹³“In Your lovingkindness You have ^aguided the people whom You have ^bredeemed;

In Your strength You have led them ^cto Your holy habitation.

¹⁴“^aThe peoples have heard, they tremble;

Anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

¹⁵“Then the ^achiefs of Edom were dismayed;

^bThe leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them;

^cAll the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

¹⁶“^aTerror and dread fall upon them;

^bBy the greatness of Your arm they are still as stone;

Until Your people pass over, O Yahweh,

Until the people pass over whom You ^chave purchased.

¹⁷“^aYou will bring them and ^bplant them in ^cthe mountain of Your inheritance,

^dThe place, O Yahweh, which You have made for You to inhabit,

^eThe sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

¹⁸“^aYahweh shall reign forever and ever.”