Song of Victory at the Sea

15 Then Moses and the ⌊Israelites⌋[fn] sang this song to Yahweh, ⌊and they said⌋,[fn]

• “Let me sing to Yahweh because he is highly exalted;
  • the horse and its rider he hurled into the sea.
• 2 Yah[fn] is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation;[fn]
  • this is my God, and I will praise him—the God of my father—and I will exalt him.
• 3 Yahweh is a man of war; Yahweh is his name.
• 4 The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea,
  • and his choice adjutants were sunk in the Red Sea .[fn]
• 5 The deep waters covered them;
  • they went down into the depths like a stone.
• 6 Yahweh, your right hand is glorious in power;
  • Yahweh, your right hand destroyed the enemy.
• 7 And in the greatness of your majesty you overthrew those standing up to you;
  • you released your fierce anger, and it consumed them like stubble.
• 8 And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up;
  • waves stood like a heap;
  • deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed.
• 9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder,
  • my desire will be full of them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
• 10 You blew with your breath; the sea covered them;
  • they dropped like lead in the mighty waters.
• 11 Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh?
  • Who is like you—glorious in holiness, awesome in praiseworthy actions, doing wonders?[fn]
• 12 You stretched out your right hand;
  • the earth swallowed them.
• 13 In your loyal love you led the people whom you redeemed;
  • in your strength you guided them to the abode of your holiness.[fn]
• 14 Peoples heard; they trembled;
  • anguish seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
• 15 Then the chiefs of Edom were horrified; great distress seized the leaders of Moab;
  • all of the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
• 16 Terror and dread fell on them;
  • at the greatness of your arm they became silent like the stone,
  • until your people passed by, Yahweh,
  • until the people whom you bought passed by.
• 17 You brought them and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance,
  • a place you made for yourself to inhabit, Yahweh,
  • a sanctuary, Lord, that your hands established.
• 18 Yahweh will reign as king forever and ever.”

19 When the horses[fn] of Pharaoh came into the sea with his chariots[fn] and with his charioteers, Yahweh brought back upon them the waters of the sea, and the ⌊Israelites⌋[fn] traveled on dry ground through the middle of the sea. 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took her[fn] tambourine in her hand, and all of the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered,[fn] “Sing to Yahweh because he is highly exalted; the horse and its rider he hurled into the sea.”