Moses’ Song of Deliverance
1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord and said,
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider,
he has thrown into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and song.
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 has cast into the sea.
His chosen captains
are sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The deep covers them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
6 Your right hand, Lord,
is glorious in power.
Your right hand, O Lord
dashes the enemy in pieces.
7 In the greatness of your excellency,
you overthrow those who rise up against you.
You send out your wrath.
It consumes them as stubble.
8 With the blast of your nostrils,
the waters were piled up.
The floods stood upright like a wall.
The deep became firm in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy declared,
‘I will pursue. I will overtake.
I will divide the plunder.
My desire will be satisfied through them.
I will draw my sword,
and my hand will 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, Lord, among the gods?
Who is like you, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out your right hand,
and the earth swallowed them.
13 You, in your loving kindness,
will lead the people that you have redeemed.
You will guide them by your strength
to your holy habitation.
14 The nations will hear and tremble.
Anguish will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then the leaders of Edom will be dismayed.
Trembling will take hold of the mighty men of Moab.
All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away.
16 Terror and dread will fall on them.
By the greatness of your arm
they are as still as a stone,
until your people pass over, O Lord,
until the people you have purchased pass over.
17 You will bring them in and plant them
in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in,
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
18 The Lord will reign forever and ever!”
19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. 21 Miriam answered them,
“Sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider
he has thrown into the sea.”
The Waters of Marah
22 Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur, and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink from the water of Marah, for it was bitter. Therefore it was named Marah.
24 The people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 Then he cried to the Lord. The Lord showed him a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water was made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.
26 He said, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God and will do that which is right in his eyes and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will bring none of the diseases on you, which I have brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord who heals you.”
27 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees. They encamped there by the waters.