CHAPTER 15
Then
Moses
and the Israelites
sang
this
song
to the LORD:
“I will sing
to the LORD,
for
He is highly exalted.
The horse
and rider
He has thrown
into the sea.
The LORD
is my strength
and my song,
and He has become
my salvation.
He is
my God,
and I will praise Him,
my father’s
God,
and I will exalt Him.
Pharaoh’s
chariots
and army
He has thrown
into the sea;
the finest
of his officers
are drowned
in the Red
Sea.
You overthrew
Your adversaries
by Your great
majesty.
You unleashed
Your burning wrath;
it consumed
them like stubble.
At the blast
of Your nostrils
the waters
piled up;
like
a wall
the currents
stood firm;
the depths
congealed
in the heart
of the sea.
The enemy
declared,
‘I will pursue,
I will overtake.
I will divide
the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw
my sword;
my hand
will destroy them.’
But You blew
with Your breath,
and the sea
covered them.
They sank
like lead
in the mighty
waters.
Who
among the gods
is like You,
O LORD?
Who
is like You—
majestic
in holiness,
revered
with praises,
performing
wonders?
With loving devotion
You will lead
the people
You have redeemed;
with Your strength
You will guide them
to
Your holy
dwelling.
Then
the chiefs
of Edom
will be dismayed;
trembling
will seize
the leaders
of Moab;
those who dwell
in Canaan
will melt away,
and terror
and dread
will fall
on them.
By the power
of Your arm
they will be as still
as a stone
until
Your people
pass by,
O LORD,
until
the people
You bought
pass by.
You will bring them in
and plant them
on the mountain
of Your inheritance—
the place,
O LORD,
You have prepared
for Your dwelling,
the sanctuary,
O Lord,
Your hands
have established.
For when
Pharaoh’s
horses,
chariots,
and horsemen
went
into the sea,
the LORD
brought the waters
of the sea
back
over them.
But the Israelites
walked
through
the sea
on dry ground.
Then Miriam
the prophetess,
Aaron’s
sister,
took
a tambourine
in her hand,
and all
the women
followed her
with tambourines
and dancing.
And Miriam
sang back
to them:
“Sing
to the LORD,
for
He is highly exalted;
the horse
and rider
He has thrown
into the sea.”
Then Moses
led
Israel
from the Red
Sea,
and they went out
into
the Desert
of Shur.
For three
days
they walked
in the desert
without
finding
water.
And when they came
to Marah,
they could
not
drink
the water
there
because
it
was bitter.
(That is why
it was named
Marah.)
And Moses cried out
to
the LORD,
and the LORD
showed him
a log.
And when he cast it
into
the waters,
they
were sweetened.
There
the LORD made
for them
a statute
and an ordinance,
and there
He tested them,
saying,
“If
you will listen carefully
to the voice
of the LORD
your God,
and do
what is right
in His eyes,
and pay attention
to His commands,
and keep
all
His statutes,
then I will not
bring
on you
any
of the diseases
I inflicted
on the Egyptians.
For
I
am the LORD
who heals you."
Then they came
to Elim,
where
there were twelve
springs
of water
and seventy
palm trees,
and they camped
there
by
the waters.