Exodus 15:1-17 ▼

1 Then Moses sang—and the sons of Israel—this song to YHWH, and they spoke, saying: “I will sing to YHWH, for He has greatly triumphed; the horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.

2 My strength and song is YAH, and He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise Him, God of My father, and I will exalt Him.

3 YHWH is a man of war; YHWH is His name.

4 The chariots of Pharaoh and his army He has cast into the sea, and the choice of his captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

5 The depths cover them; they went down into the depths like a stone.

6 Your right hand, O YHWH, is glorious in power. Your right hand, O YHWH, shatters the enemy.

7 And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those rising against You. You send forth Your burning anger; it consumes them like stubble.

8 And by the breath of Your nostrils the waters were gathered together; the flowing waters stood upright like a heap; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be filled with them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’

10 You blew with Your breath; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in mighty waters.

11 Who is like You among the gods, O YHWH? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

12 You stretched out Your right hand; the earth swallowed them.

13 You have led forth in Your loving devotion the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation.

14 Peoples heard; they are troubled. Anguish seized those dwelling in Philistia.

15 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; the mighty men of Moab; trembling seized them; all those dwelling in Canaan melted away.

16 Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of Your arm they will be as still as a stone, until Your people pass over, O YHWH, until the people whom You have purchased pass over.

17 You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance—the place for Your own dwelling, which You have made, O YHWH, the sanctuary, O Lord, that Your hands have established.