NIV 2011
The Song of Moses and Miriam
15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.
2 “The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.
He 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 hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The deep waters have covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.
6 Your right hand, Lord,
was majestic in power.
Your right hand, Lord,
shattered the enemy.
7 “In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.
8 By the blast of your nostrils
the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy boasted,
‘I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
11 Who among the gods
is like you, Lord?
Who is like you—
majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
working wonders?
12 “You stretch out your right hand,
and the earth swallows your enemies.
13 In your unfailing love you will lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
to your holy dwelling.
14 The nations will hear and tremble;
anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,
the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,
the people of Canaan will melt away;
16 terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
they will be as still as a stone—
until your people pass by, Lord,
until the people you bought pass by.
17 You will bring them in and plant them
on the mountain of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,
the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.
18 “The Lord reigns
for ever and ever.”
19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. 20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.
21 Miriam sang to them:
“Sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.”
The Waters of Marah and Elim
22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
25 Then 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 fit to drink.
There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. 26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”
27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.
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The Song of Moses and Miriam
15 Then Moses sang, and the sons of Israel, this song to the Lord; and they said,
Sing we to the Lord,
for he is magnified gloriously;
he hath cast down the horse and
the horseman into the sea.
2 My strength and my praising is the Lord;
and he is made to me into health.
This is my God, and I shall glorify him;
the God of my father, and I shall enhance him.
3 The Lord is a man-fighter,
his name is Almighty;
4 he casted down into the sea the
chariots of Pharaoh, and his host
5 the deep waters covered them;
they went down into the depth as a stone
6 Lord, thy right hand
is magnified in strength;
Lord, thy right hand
smote the enemy.
7 And in the multitude of thy glory,
thou hast put down all thine adversaries;
thou sentest thine ire,
that devoured them as stubble.
8 And (the) waters were gathered [together]
in the spirit of thy strong vengeance;
[the] flowing water stood,
[the] deep waters were gathered [together] in the midst of the sea.
9 The enemy said,
I shall pursue (them), and I shall (over)take (them);
I shall part (the) spoils,
(and) my soul, that is, (my) will, shall be fulfilled.
I shall draw out my sword;
mine hand shall slay them.
10 Thy spirit blew,
and the sea covered them;
they were drowned as lead
in (the) great waters.
11 Lord, who is like
thee in strong men,
who is like thee?
thou art a great doer in holiness;
fearful, and praiseable,
and doing miracles.
12 Thou heldest forth thine hand,
and the earth devoured them;
13 thou were leader in thy mercy to thy people,
which thou again-boughtest;
and thou hast borne him in thy strength
to thine holy dwelling place.
14 Peoples went up, and were wroth;
sorrows held the dwellers of Philistia.
15 Then the princes of Edom were troubled;
trembling held the strong men of Moab.
All the dwellers of Canaan dreaded, or were encumbered
16 inward dread fall on them,
and outward dread in the greatness of thine arm.
Be they made unmoveable as a stone,
till thy people pass, Lord;
till thy people pass, whom thou wieldedest.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and thou shalt plant them
in the hill of thine heritage;
in the most steadfast dwelling place
which thou hast wrought, Lord; Lord, (in) thy saintuary, which thine hands made steadfast.
18 The Lord shall reign
without end, and over all thing(s).
19 Forsooth Pharaoh, on horse, entered with his chariots and [his] horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought the waters of the sea on them; soothly the sons of Israel went by the dry place, in [the] midst of the sea. 20 Therefore Marie (And Miriam), the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tympan in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tympans and companies;
21 to which she sang before, and said,
Sing we to the Lord,
for he is magnified gloriously;
he hath cast down into the sea
the horse and the rider of him.
The Waters of Marah and Elim
22 Forsooth Moses took Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the desert of Shur; and they went three days by the wilderness, and they found not water. 23 And they came into Marah, and they might not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; wherefore he putted a covenable name to the place, and called it Marah, that is, bitterness.24 And the people grouched against Moses, and said, What shall we drink?
25 And Moses cried to the Lord, which showed to him a tree; and when he had put that tree into the waters, those (waters) were turned into sweetness.
There the Lord ordained commandments and dooms to the people, and there he assayed the people, 26 and (he) said, If thou shalt hear the voice of thy Lord God, and shalt do that that is rightful before him, and shalt obey to his commandments, and shalt keep all his behests, I shall not bring in on thee all the sickness, which I have put in Egypt, for I am thy Lord Saviour.
27 Forsooth the sons of Israel came into Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees, and they setted tents beside the waters.
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