Then Moses and the people of Israel lifted their voices in song to the LORD, declaring:
"I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted;
the horse and its rider He has cast into the sea.
The LORD is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise Him,
the God of my fathers, and I will exalt Him.
The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is His name.
Pharaoh's chariots and army He has hurled into the sea.
The finest officers drowned in the Red Sea,
sinking to the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy;
majestic in power, You overthrow those who rise against You.
At the blast of Your nostrils, the waters piled up,
the surging depths stood firm like a wall.
The enemy boasted, 'I will pursue and overtake,
I will divide the spoil, my sword will destroy them.'
But with a breath of Your wind the sea covered them,
and they sank like lead in mighty waters.
Who is like You among the gods, O LORD?
Majestic in holiness, awesome in glory,
working wonders with Your mighty hand!
In Your unfailing love You lead the people You redeemed.
By Your strength You guide them to Your holy dwelling.
The nations will hear and tremble—
Philistia will be seized with anguish,
Edom's leaders will be terrified,
Moab's chiefs will tremble,
and Canaan will melt away in dread.
By the power of Your arm they will be still as stone,
until Your people pass by, O LORD,
the people You have purchased with Your hand.
You will bring them to the mountain of Your inheritance,
the place You have made for Your dwelling, O LORD,
the sanctuary Your hands have established.
The LORD will reign forever and ever."
When Pharaoh's horses, chariots,
and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters back over
them, but Israel walked safely on dry ground.
Then Miriam the prophetess, the
sister of Aaron and Moses, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women followed
her with tambourines and dancing, and she sang to them:
"Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted;
the horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea."
Afterward, Moses led Israel from
the Red Sea into the wilderness of Shur. For three days they journeyed
without finding water. When they came to Marah, they found the water
bitter and could not drink it. The people grumbled, asking Moses, "What
are we to drink?"
Moses cried out to the LORD, and
the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the
water became sweet. There the LORD established a decree and tested His
people, saying:
"If you listen carefully to the
voice of the LORD your God, do what is right in His eyes, and keep all
His commands, I will not bring upon you the diseases I brought on the
Egyptians. For I am the LORD, your healer."
Then they came to Elim, where twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees stood, and there they camped by the waters.