The Song of Moses

1Then 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.

2The LORD is my strength and my might,15.2 Or song

and he has become my salvation;

this is my God, and I will praise him,

my father's God, and I will exalt him.

3The 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.15.4 Or Sea of Reeds

5The floods covered them;

they went down into the depths like a stone.

6Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power—

your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy.

7In the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries;

you sent out your fury, it consumed them like stubble.

8At 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.

9The 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.”

10You 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 splendour, doing wonders?

12You 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.

14The peoples heard, they trembled;

pangs seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

15Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;

trembling seized the leaders of Moab;

all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

16Terror 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.

17You 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.

18The LORD will reign for ever and ever.’

19When 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

20Then 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

22Then Moses ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea,15.22 Or Sea of Reeds and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went for 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.15.23 That is Bitterness 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;15.25 Or a tree he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the LORD15.25 Heb he 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.’

27Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.