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 Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has 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.

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

Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh 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.

He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. 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.

Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.

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.

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 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.

With the blast of your 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 plunder. My desire shall be satisfied on 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.

You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like 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 you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

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

You stretched out your 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.

“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your 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 the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have 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 falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone— until your people pass over, Yahweh, until the people pass over who you have 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.

You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in; the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.

18 T he Lord will rule forever and ever.”

Yahweh shall reign forever 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 Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle 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.

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 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

Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has 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.

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.

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

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

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.

Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested 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 you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”

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.

They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.