1 T hen Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, “I will sing to the Lord, for He is praised for His greatness. He has thrown the horse and horseman into the sea.

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

2 T he Lord is my strength and song. He is the One Who saves me. He is my God and I will praise Him. He is my father’s God and I will honor Him.

Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.

3 T he Lord is a fighter. The Lord is His name.

Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.

4 H e has thrown Pharaoh’s war-wagons and army into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s leaders are under the Red Sea.

Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

5 T he water covers them. They went down in the deep water like a stone.

The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

6 O Lord, Your right hand is great in power. O Lord, Your right hand destroys those who hate You.

Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.

7 I n the greatness of Your power You destroy those who fight against You. You send Your burning anger and it burns them like straw.

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

8 T he waters were lifted up by Your breath. The flowing waters stood up like a wall. The water became hard in the middle of the sea.

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 T hose who hated us said, ‘I will go after them. I will catch them. I will divide the riches taken from them. My soul will have its way against them. I will take out my sword and my hand will destroy them.’

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

10 Y ou, Lord, blew with Your wind and the sea covered them. They went down like iron in the powerful sea.

Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

11 W ho is like You among the gods, O Lord? Who is like You, great and holy, praised in fear, doing powerful works?

Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

12 Y ou put out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

13 Y ou have led with loving-kindness the people You have made free. You have led them in Your strength to Your holy place.

Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.

14 T he nations have heard of it, and they shake in fear. Pain has come upon the people of Philistia.

The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

15 N ow the leaders of Edom are afraid. The leaders of Moab shake in fear. All the people of Canaan have become weak.

Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

16 M uch fear comes upon them. They see Your strength, O Lord. They are afraid and do not move until Your people have passed by, the people You have bought and made free.

Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.

17 Y ou will bring them in and put them on Your own mountain. It is the place, O Lord, where You have made Your house, the holy place, which Your hands have built.

Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

18 T he Lord will rule forever and ever.”

Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever.

19 F or Pharaoh’s horses and war-wagons and horsemen went in the sea. The Lord brought the waters of the sea upon them. But the people of Israel walked on dry land through the sea.

For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.

20 T hen Aaron’s sister Miriam, the woman who spoke for the Lord, took a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

21 M iriam said to them, “Sing to the Lord, for He is praised for His greatness. He has thrown the horse and horseman into the sea.” Bitter Water

And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

22 T hen Moses led Israel from the Red Sea. They went into the Desert of Shur. They went three days in the desert and found no water.

And 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 W hen they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. So it was given the name Marah.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

24 T he people complained to Moses, saying, “What can we drink?”

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

25 M oses cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made a Law for them and tested them.

An he cried unto Jehovah; And Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them;

26 H e said, “Listen well to the voice of the Lord your God. Do what is right in His eyes. Listen to what He tells you, and obey all His Laws. If you do this, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord Who heals you.”

and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.

27 T hen they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy trees. They set up their tents there beside the water.

And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.