Exo 15:1-21, Judg 5, 1Sa 2:1-11, 2Sa 22, Psa 96:1-3, Rev 5:9 | 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 .

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.”

Judges 5

The Song of Deborah and Barak

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

2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
that ^axthe 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, ^aywhen you went out from Seir,
when you marched from the region of Edom,
^azthe earth trembled
and the heavens dropped,
yes, the clouds dropped water.
5 The mountains ^baquaked before the Lord,
^bbeven Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “In the days of ^bcShamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of ^bdJael, ^bethe highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.
7 The villagers ceased in Israel;
they ceased to be until I arose;
I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
8 ^bfWhen new gods were chosen,
then war was in the gates.
^bgWas shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel
who ^bhoffered themselves willingly among the people.
Bless the Lord.
10 “Tell of it, ^biyou 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.
11 To 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 ^bl“Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, break out in a song!
Arise, Barak, ^bmlead away your captives,
O son of Abinoam.
13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
14 From ^bnEphraim their root ^bothey marched down into the valley, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew in Amalek}
following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from ^bqMachir marched down the commanders,
and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant’s ^{▼▼Hebrew commander’s} staff;
15 the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
and Issachar faithful to ^bsBarak;
into the valley they rushed at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
16 Why did you sit still ^btamong the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
17 ^buGilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
^bvand Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
^bwAsher sat still ^bxat the coast of the sea,
staying by his landings.
18 ^byZebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
^bzNaphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
19 “The kings came, they fought;
then fought the kings of Canaan,
at ^caTaanach, by the waters of ^cbMegiddo;
^ccthey got no spoils of silver.
20 ^cdFrom heaven the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 ^ceThe 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,
^cfbecause 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 ^cgJael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
25 ^chHe asked for water and she gave him milk;
she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.
26 ^ciShe 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.
27 Between her feet
he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
there he fell—dead.
28 ^cj“Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through ^ckthe lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
29 Her wisest princesses answer,
indeed, she answers herself,
30 ‘Have they not found and ^cldivided 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 ^cm“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
But your friends be ^cnlike the sun ^coas he rises in his might.”
^cpAnd the land had rest for forty years.

1 Samuel 2:1-11

Hannah’s Prayer

1 And Hannah prayed and said,

^cq“My heart exults in the Lord;
^crmy horn is exalted in the Lord.
My mouth derides my enemies,
because ^csI rejoice in your salvation.
2 ^ct“There is none holy like the Lord:
for there is none besides you;
there is ^cuno rock like our God.
3 Talk no more so very proudly,
let not arrogance come from your mouth;
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.
4 ^cvThe bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble bind on strength.
5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^cwThe barren has borne seven,
^cxbut she who has many children is forlorn.
6 ^cyThe Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
7 ^czThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;
^dahe brings low and he exalts.
8 ^dbHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^dcto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
^ddFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.
9 ^de“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
10 ^dfThe adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
^dgagainst them he will thunder in heaven.
^dhThe Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
^diand exalt the horn of his anointed.”
11 Then Elkanah went home ^djto Ramah. ^dkAnd the boy ^{▼▼Hebrew na‘ar can be rendered boy (2:11, 18, 21, 26; 3:1, 8), servant (2:13, 15), or young man (2:17), depending on the context} was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

2 Samuel 22

David’s Song of Deliverance

1 And David spoke ^dmto the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 ^dnHe said,

^do“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3 ^dpmy ^{▼▼Septuagint (compare Psalm 18:2); Hebrew lacks my} God, my rock, ^drin whom I take refuge,
^dsmy shield, and ^dtthe horn of my salvation,
^dumy stronghold and ^dvmy refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
4 I call upon the Lord, who is ^dwworthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
5 ^dx“For the waves of death encompassed me,
the torrents of destruction assailed me; ^{▼▼Or terrified me}
6 ^dzthe cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
7 ^ea“In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I called.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry ^ebcame to his ears.
8 “Then ^ecthe earth reeled and rocked;
^edthe foundations of the heavens trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, ^{▼▼Or in his wrath}
and devouring fire from his mouth;
^efglowing coals flamed forth from him.
10 ^egHe bowed the heavens and ^ehcame down;
^eithick darkness was under his feet.
11 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he was seen on ^ejthe wings of the wind.
12 He made ^ekdarkness around him ^elhis canopy,
thick clouds, a gathering of water.
13 Out of the brightness before him
^emcoals of fire flamed forth.
14 ^enThe Lord thundered from heaven,
and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out ^eoarrows and scattered them;
lightning, and routed them.
16 Then the channels of the sea were seen;
the foundations of the world were laid bare,
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the ^epblast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 ^eq“He sent from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of many waters.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,
from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
20 ^erHe brought me out into a broad place;
he rescued me, because ^eshe delighted in me.
21 “The Lord ^etdealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the ^eucleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
22 ^evFor I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 ^ewFor all his rules were before me,
and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
24 I was ^exblameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
25 ^eyAnd the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in his sight.
26 ^ez“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the ^fablameless man you show yourself blameless;
27 with the purified you deal purely,
and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
28 ^fbYou save a humble people,
^fcbut your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 ^fdFor you are my lamp, O Lord,
and my God lightens my darkness.
30 For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
31 This God— ^fehis way is perfect;
the ^ffword of the Lord proves true;
he is ^fga shield for all those who take refuge in him.
32 “For who is God, but the Lord?
^fhAnd who is a rock, except our God?
33 This God is my ^fistrong refuge
and has made my ^{▼▼Or his; also verse 34} way blameless. ^{▼▼Compare Psalm 18:32; Hebrew he has blamelessly set my way free, or he has made my way spring up blamelessly}
34 ^flHe made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure ^fmon the heights.
35 ^fnHe trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your gentleness made me great.
37 ^foYou gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet ^{▼▼Hebrew ankles} did not slip;
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
and did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;
they fell ^fqunder my feet.
40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made ^frthose who rise against me sink under me.
41 You ^fsmade my enemies turn their backs to me, ^{▼▼Or You gave me my enemies’ necks}
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42 They looked, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but ^fuhe did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine ^fvas the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down ^fwlike the mire of the streets.
44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; ^{▼▼Septuagint with the peoples}
you kept me as the head of ^fythe nations;
^fzpeople whom I had not known served me.
45 Foreigners came cringing to me;
as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling ^{▼▼Compare Psalm 18:45; Hebrew equipped themselves} ^gbout of their fortresses.
47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be ^gcmy God, ^gdthe rock of my salvation,
48 the God who gave me vengeance
and ^gebrought down peoples under me,
49 who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above ^gfthose who rose against me;
you delivered me from ^ggmen of violence.
50 ^gh“For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
and sing praises to your name.
51 ^giGreat salvation he brings ^{▼▼Or He is a tower of salvation} to his king,
and shows steadfast love to ^gkhis anointed,
to David and his offspring ^glforever.”

Psalms 96:1-3

Worship in the Splendor of Holiness

1 ^gmOh sing to the Lord ^gna new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
^gotell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Revelation of John 5:9

9 And they sang ^gpa new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for ^gqyou were slain, and by your blood ^gryou ransomed people for God
from ^gsevery tribe and language and people and nation,