Exodus 15:1–27

The Song of Moses

15Then ^aMoses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:

“I will ^bsing to the Lord,

For He has triumphed gloriously!

The horse and its rider

He has thrown into the sea!

²The Lord is my strength and ^csong,

And He has become my salvation;

He is my God, and ^dI will praise Him;

My ^efather’s God, and I ^fwill exalt Him.

³The Lord is a man of ^gwar;

The Lord is His ^hname.

⁴ⁱPharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;

^jHis chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.

⁵The depths have covered them;

^kThey sank to the bottom like a stone.

⁶“Your ^lright hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;

Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.

⁷And in the greatness of Your ^mexcellence

You have overthrown those who rose against You;

You sent forth ⁿYour wrath;

It ^oconsumed them ^plike stubble.

⁸And ^qwith the blast of Your nostrils

The waters were gathered together;

^rThe floods stood upright like a heap;

The depths ¹congealed in the heart of the sea.

^9sThe enemy said, ‘I will pursue,

I will overtake,

I will ^tdivide the spoil;

My desire shall be satisfied on them.

I will draw my sword,

My hand shall destroy them.’

¹⁰You blew with Your wind,

The sea covered them;

They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹“Who ^uis like You, O Lord, among the ²gods?

Who is like You, ^vglorious in holiness,

Fearful in ^wpraises, ^xdoing wonders?

¹²You stretched out Your right hand;

The earth swallowed them.

¹³You in Your mercy have ^yled forth

The people whom You have redeemed;

You have guided them in Your strength

To ^zYour holy habitation.

¹⁴“The ^apeople will hear and be afraid;

^bSorrow ³will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.

^15cThen ^dthe chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;

^eThe mighty men of Moab,

Trembling will take hold of them;

^fAll the inhabitants of Canaan will ^gmelt away.

^16hFear and dread will fall on them;

By the greatness of Your arm

They will be ⁱas still as a stone,

Till Your people pass over, O Lord,

Till the people pass over

^jWhom You have purchased.

¹⁷You will bring them in and ^kplant them

In the ^lmountain of Your inheritance,

In the place, O Lord, which You have made

For Your own dwelling,

The ^msanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

¹⁸“The ⁿLord shall reign forever and ever.”

¹⁹For the ^ohorses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and ^pthe Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

The Song of Miriam

²⁰Then Miriam ^qthe prophetess, ^rthe sister of Aaron, ^stook the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her ^twith timbrels and with dances. ²¹And Miriam ^uanswered them:

^v“Sing to the Lord,

For He has triumphed gloriously!

The horse and its rider

He has thrown into the sea!”

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

²²So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of ^wShur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no ^xwater. ²³Now when they came to ^yMarah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ⁴Marah. ²⁴And the people ^zcomplained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” ²⁵So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. ^aWhen he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He ^bmade a statute and an ⁵ordinance for them, and there ^cHe tested them, ²⁶and said, ^d“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the ^ediseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord ^fwho heals you.”

^27gThen they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.