15Exodus 15

The Song of Moses

1Moses and the Israelites sang this song in praise of the Lord: I sing praises to the Lord for his great victory! He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.Select Exodus 15:1

2The Lord is my strength, the reason for my song, because he has saved me. I praise and honor the Lord— he is my God and the God of my ancestors.Select Exodus 15:2

3The Lord is his name, and he is a warrior!Select Exodus 15:3

4He threw the chariots and army of Egypt's king into the Red Sea, and he drowned the best of the king's officers.Select Exodus 15:4

5They sank to the bottom just like stones.Select Exodus 15:5

6With the tremendous force of your right arm, our Lord, you crushed your enemies.Select Exodus 15:6

7What a great victory was yours, when you defeated everyone who opposed you. Your fiery anger wiped them out, as though they were straw.Select Exodus 15:7

8You were so furious that the sea piled up like a wall, and the ocean depths curdled like cheese.Select Exodus 15:8

9Your enemies boasted that they would pursue and capture us, divide up our possessions, treat us as they wished, then take out their swords and kill us right there.Select Exodus 15:9

10But when you got furious, they sank like lead, swallowed by ocean waves.Select Exodus 15:10

11Our Lord, no other gods compare with you— Majestic and holy! Fearsome and glorious! Miracle worker!Select Exodus 15:11

12When you signaled with your right hand, your enemies were swallowed deep into the earth.Select Exodus 15:12

13The people you rescued were led by your powerful love to your holy place.Select Exodus 15:13

14Nations learned of this and trembled— Philistines shook with horror.Select Exodus 15:14

15The leaders of Edom and of Moab were terrified. Everyone in Canaan fainted,Select Exodus 15:15

16struck down by fear. Our Lord, your powerful arm kept them still as a rock until the people you rescued to be your very own had marched by.Select Exodus 15:16

17You will let your people settle on your own mountain, where you chose to live and to be worshiped.Select Exodus 15:17

18Our Lord, you will rule forever!Select Exodus 15:18

The Song of Miriam

19The Lord covered the royal Egyptian cavalry and chariots with the sea, after the Israelites had walked safely through on dry ground.Select Exodus 15:19

20Miriam the sister of Aaron was a prophet. So she took her tambourine and led the other women out to play their tambourines and to dance.Select Exodus 15:20

21Then she sang to them: “Sing praises to the Lord for his great victory! He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”Select Exodus 15:21

Bitter Water at Marah

22After the Israelites left the Red Sea, Moses led them through the Shur Desert for three days, before finding water.Select Exodus 15:22

23They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.Select Exodus 15:23

24The people complained and said, “Moses, what are we going to drink?”Select Exodus 15:24

25Moses asked the Lord for help, and the Lord told him to throw a certain piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink. At Marah the Lord tested his people and also gave them some laws and teachings.Select Exodus 15:25

26Then he said, “I am the Lord your God, and I cure your diseases. If you obey me by doing right and by following my laws and teachings, I won't punish you with the diseases I sent on the Egyptians.”Select Exodus 15:26

27Later the Israelites came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and 70 palm trees. So they camped there.Select Exodus 15:27