Exodus 15
The Song of Moses
1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang
this song to the LORD:
"I will sing to the LORD,
for he has triumphed gloriously;
horse and rider he has thrown
into the sea.
2 The LORD is
my strength and my might,a
and he has become
my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
my
father's God, and I will exalt him.
3 The LORD
is a warrior;
the LORD is his name.
4 "Pharaoh's
chariots and his army he cast into the sea;
his picked officers
were sunk in the Red Sea.b
5 The
floods covered them;
they went down into the depths like a
stone.
6 Your right hand, O LORD,
glorious in power--
your right hand, O LORD,
shattered the enemy.
7 In the greatness of
your majesty you overthrew your adversaries;
you sent out your
fury, it consumed them like stubble.
8 At
the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up,
the floods stood
up in a heap;
the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The
enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the
spoil, my desire shall have its fill of 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 "Who is like you,
O LORD, among the gods?
Who is like you, majestic
in holiness,
awesome in splendor, doing wonders?
12 You
stretched out your right hand,
the earth swallowed them.
13 "In
your steadfast love you led the people whom you redeemed;
you
guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
14 The
peoples heard, they trembled;
pangs seized the inhabitants of
Philistia.
15 Then the chiefs of Edom were
dismayed;
trembling seized the leaders of Moab;
all
the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
16 Terror
and dread fell upon them;
by the might of your arm, they became
still as a stone
until your people, O LORD, passed
by,
until the people whom you acquired passed by.
17 You
brought them in and planted them on the mountain of your own possession,
the place, O LORD, that you made your abode,
the sanctuary, O LORD, that your hands have
established.
18 The LORD
will reign forever and ever."
19 When the horses of
Pharaoh with his chariots and his chariot drivers went into the sea, the LORD
brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the Israelites walked
through the sea on dry ground.
The Song of Miriam
20
Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and
all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. 21And
Miriam sang to them:
"Sing to the LORD, for he has
triumphed gloriously;
horse and rider he has thrown into the sea."
Bitter Water Made Sweet
22 Then Moses
ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea,c and they went
into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and
found no water. 23When they came to Marah, they
could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was
called Marah.d 24And the
people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" 25He
cried out to the LORD; and the LORD showed him
a piece of wood;e he threw it into the water, and the
water became sweet.
There the LORD f
made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he put them to the test. 26He
said, "If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD
your God, and do what is right in his sight, and give heed to his
commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not bring upon you any of the
diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD
who heals you."
27 Then they came to Elim, where there
were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there
by the water.