Exo 15 | ESV | STEP | Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord , saying , I will sing to the Lord , for he has triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea .

‏ Exodus 15

The Song of Moses

1 Then Moses and the people of Israel ^asang this song to the Lord, saying,

^b“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider ^{▼▼Or its chariot; also verse 21} he has thrown into the sea.
2 ^dThe Lord is my strength and my ^esong,
and he has become ^fmy salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
^gmy father’s God, and ^hI will exalt him.
3 The Lord is ⁱa man of war;
^jthe Lord is his name.
4 ^k“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
and his chosen ^lofficers were sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The ^mfloods covered them;
they ⁿwent down into the depths like a stone.
6 ^oYour right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
your right hand, O Lord, ^pshatters the enemy.
7 In the ^qgreatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
you send out your fury; it ^rconsumes them like stubble.
8 At the ^sblast of your nostrils the waters piled up;
the ^tfloods stood up in a heap;
the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, ^u‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
I ^vwill divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
10 You ^wblew with your wind; the ^xsea covered them;
they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 ^y“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
awesome in ^zglorious deeds, ^aadoing wonders?
12 You stretched out ^abyour right hand;
the earth swallowed them.
13 “You have ^acled in your steadfast love the people whom ^adyou have redeemed;
you have ^aeguided them by your strength to your holy abode.
14 ^afThe peoples have heard; they tremble;
pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Now are the chiefs of Edom ^agdismayed;
trembling seizes the leaders of ^ahMoab;
^aiall the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Terror and ^ajdread fall upon them;
because of the greatness of your arm, they are still ^akas a stone,
till your people, O Lord, pass by,
till the people pass by whom ^alyou have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and ^amplant them on your own mountain,
the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,
^anthe sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
18 ^aoThe Lord will reign forever and ever.”

19 For when ^apthe horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, ^aqthe Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then ^arMiriam ^asthe prophetess, the ^atsister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and ^auall the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them:

^av“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Bitter Water Made Sweet

22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of ^awShur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to ^axMarah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. ^{▼▼ Marah means bitterness} 24 And the people ^azgrumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he ^bacried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, ^{▼▼Or tree} and he ^bcthrew it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord ^{▼▼Hebrew he} made for them a statute and a rule, and there he ^betested them, 26 saying, ^bf“If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the ^bgdiseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, ^bhyour healer.”

27 Then ^bithey came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.