The Israelis celebrated being rescued

15 Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him:

“I will sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously;

He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea!

2 Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about.

He is the one who has saved me.

He is ◄my God/God, the one I worship►, and I will praise him.

He is the one my father worshiped,

and I will tell others how great he is.

3 Yahweh is a warrior;

Yahweh is his name.

4 He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army

into the sea;

His best officers

all drowned in the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez).

5 The water covered them like a flood;

they sank to the bottom like a stone.

6 O Yahweh, your right arm has awesome power;

with that power [MTY], O Yahweh, you have crushed/smashed the enemy into pieces.

7 You have gloriously defeated your enemies.

Because you were angry with them, you have destroyed them

like a fire burns up straw [SIM].

8 You blew on the sea,

and the water piled up high;

the water stood up like two walls.

In the deepest part of the sea the water became thick/solid,

as though it was frozen.

9 Our enemies said, ‘We will pursue them

and catch up to them.

We will draw our swords

and strike them.

After we defeat them,

we will divide up the spoils.

We will take from them all we want.’

10 But you blew on them with your breath,

and then the sea covered them.

They sank like lead/rocks in the big waves.

11 Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you [RHQ]!

You are glorious, completely different from all that you made.

◄There is no god like you!/What god is like you?► [RHQ]

There is no one who can perform all kinds of miracles [DOU] like you do [RHQ]!

12 When you stretched out your right hand,

the earth swallowed up our enemies

13 You faithfully loved the people you rescued;

with your power you are leading them to the land that you have set apart.

14 The people of other nations will hear what you have done;

and they will tremble.

The people in Philistia will be terrified.

15 The chiefs in Edom will be dismayed.

The leaders in Moab will be so afraid, they will shake. All those who live in Canaan will faint.

16 They will be terrified and fearful because of your great strength [MTY].

But they will be as silent as stones

until your people march past them,

the people you freed from being slaves in Egypt,

17 to go to Canaan land.

You will enable them to live [MET] on your hill,

at the place that you, O Yahweh, have chosen to be your home,

in the ◄holy place/temple►

that you yourself will build.

18 O Yahweh, you will rule forever!

19 The Israeli people walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground. But when the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen tried to go through the sea, Yahweh caused the water to come back and cover them.” 20 Then Miriam, who was Aaron’s older sister and a ◄prophetess/woman who spoke messages that came directly from God►, picked up her tambourine, 21 and she sang this song to Yahweh:

“Sing to Yahweh,

because he has triumphed gloriously over his enemies.

He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”