The Song of Moses
Then 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!
2 The Lord is my strength and asong,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and bI will praise Him;
My cfather’s God, and I dwill exalt Him.
3 The Lord is a man of awar;
The Lord is His bname.
4 aPharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
bHis chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them;
aThey sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 “Your aright hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
7 And in the greatness of Your aexcellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth bYour wrath;
It cconsumed them dlike stubble.
8 And awith the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
bThe floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 aThe enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will bdivide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
10 You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 “Whoa is like You, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like You, bglorious in holiness,
Fearful in cpraises, ddoing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your mercy have aled forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To bYour holy habitation.
14 “The apeople will hear and be afraid;
bSorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 aThen bthe chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
cThe mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
dAll the inhabitants of Canaan will emelt away.
16 aFear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be bas still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
cWhom You have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and aplant them
In the bmountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The csanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
18 “Thea Lord shall reign forever and ever.”
19 For the ahorses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and bthe 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
20 Then Miriam athe prophetess, bthe sister of Aaron, ctook the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her dwith timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam aanswered them:
b“Sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”
Bitter Waters Made Sweet
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of aShur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no bwater. 23 Now when they came to aMarah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people acomplained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 So 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 ordinance for them, and there cHe tested them, 26 and said, a“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 bdiseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord cwho heals you.”
27 aThen they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters. The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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