The Song at the Sea

(Judges 5:1–31)

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD

“ I will sing to the LORD,

for He is highly exalted

The horse and rider

He has thrown into the sea.

2 

The LORD is my strength and my song,

and 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 army

He has cast into the sea;

the finest of his officers

are drowned in the Red Sea.[fn]

5 

The depths have covered them;

they sank [there] like a stone.

6 

Your right hand, O LORD,

is majestic in power;

Your right hand, O LORD,

has shattered the enemy.

7 

You overthrew Your adversaries

by Your great majesty.

You unleashed Your burning wrath;

it consumed them like stubble.

8 

At the blast of Your nostrils

the waters piled up;

like a wall the currents stood firm;

the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 

The enemy declared,

‘I will pursue, I will overtake.

I will divide the spoils;

I will gorge myself on them

I will draw my sword;

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, O LORD?

Who is like You — majestic in holiness,

revered with praises,

performing wonders?

12 

You stretched out Your right hand,

and the earth swallowed them up.

13 

With loving devotion[fn] You will lead

the people You have redeemed;

with Your strength You will guide them

to Your holy dwelling.

14 

The nations will hear [and] tremble;

anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

15 

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;

trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;

those who dwell in Canaan will melt away

16 

and 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, O LORD,

until the people You have bought pass by.

17 

You will bring them in and plant them

on the mountain of Your inheritance —

the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling,

the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

18 

The LORD will reign forever and ever!”

19 

For 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 prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang back to them:

“ Sing to the LORD,

for He is highly exalted

the horse and rider

He has thrown into the sea.”

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