Exodus 15:1-18

The Song of Moses

1Then 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.
3The 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.
5The ^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.
7In the ^qgreatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
you send out your fury; it ^rconsumes them like stubble.
8At 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.
9The 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.’
10You ^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?
12You 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.
15Now are the chiefs of Edom ^agdismayed;
trembling seizes the leaders of ^ahMoab;
^aiall the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16Terror 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.
17You 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.”

Judges 5

The Song of Deborah and Barak

1 ^apThen sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:

2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
that ^aqthe people offered themselves willingly,
bless the Lord!
3 “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;
to the Lord I will sing;
I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4 “Lord, ^arwhen you went out from Seir,
when you marched from the region of Edom,
^asthe earth trembled
and the heavens dropped,
yes, the clouds dropped water.
5The mountains ^atquaked before the Lord,
^aueven Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “In the days of ^avShamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of ^awJael, ^axthe highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.
7The villagers ceased in Israel;
they ceased to be until I arose;
I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
8 ^ayWhen new gods were chosen,
then war was in the gates.
^azWas shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?
9My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel
who ^baoffered themselves willingly among the people.
Bless the Lord.
10 “Tell of it, ^bbyou who ride on white donkeys,
you who sit on rich carpets ▼

▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; it may connote saddle blankets

and you who walk by the way.
11To the sound of musicians ▼

▼Or archers; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

at the watering places,
there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord,
the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel.
“Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.
12 ^be“Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, break out in a song!
Arise, Barak, ^bflead away your captives,
O son of Abinoam.
13Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
14From ^bgEphraim their root ^bhthey marched down into the valley, ▼

▼Septuagint; Hebrew in Amalek

following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from ^bjMachir marched down the commanders,
and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant’s ▼

▼Hebrew commander’s

staff;
15the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
and Issachar faithful to ^blBarak;
into the valley they rushed at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
16Why did you sit still ^bmamong the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
17 ^bnGilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
^boand Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
^bpAsher sat still ^bqat the coast of the sea,
staying by his landings.
18 ^brZebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
^bsNaphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
19 “The kings came, they fought;
then fought the kings of Canaan,
at ^btTaanach, by the waters of ^buMegiddo;
^bvthey got no spoils of silver.
20 ^bwFrom heaven the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 ^bxThe torrent Kishon swept them away,
the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
March on, my soul, with might!
22 “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs
with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23 “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,
curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
^bybecause they did not come to the help of the Lord,
to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24 “Most blessed of women be ^bzJael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
25 ^caHe asked for water and she gave him milk;
she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.
26 ^cbShe sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27Between her feet
he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
there he fell—dead.
28 ^cc“Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through ^cdthe lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
29Her wisest princesses answer,
indeed, she answers herself,
30‘Have they not found and ^cedivided the spoil?—
A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’
31 ^cf“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
But your friends be ^cglike the sun ^chas he rises in his might.”
^ciAnd the land had rest for forty years.

2 Samuel 6:2-6

2And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from ^cjBaale-judah ^ckto bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts ^clwho sits enthroned on the cherubim. 3And they carried the ark of God ^cmon a new cart and brought it ^cnout of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, ▼

▼Or  and his brother; also verse 4

the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, ▼

▼Compare Septuagint; Hebrew  the new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill

4with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.

Uzzah and the Ark

5And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with ^cqsongs ▼

▼Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 13:8; Hebrew fir trees

and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6And when they came to the threshing floor of ^csNacon, Uzzah ^ctput out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.

1 Kings 8:55-56

55And he stood and ^cublessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56“Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. ^cvNot one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.

1 Chronicles 15:28

28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, ^cwtrumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on ^cxharps and lyres.

Luke 7:16

16Fear seized them all, and ^cythey glorified God, saying, ^cz“A great prophet has arisen among us!” and ^da“God has visited his people!”