Exodus 15

New King James Version

The Song of Moses^(A)

15 Then ^(B)Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:

“I will ^(C)sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
²The Lord is my strength and ^(D)song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and ^(E)I will praise Him;
My ^(F)father’s God, and I ^(G)will exalt Him.
³The Lord is a man of ^(H)war;
The Lord is His ^(I)name.
⁴^(J)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
^(K)His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
⁵The depths have covered them;
^(L)They sank to the bottom like a stone.

⁶“Your ^(M)right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
⁷And in the greatness of Your ^(N)excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth ^(O)Your wrath;
It ^(P)consumed them ^(Q)like stubble.
⁸And ^(R)with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
^(S)The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths ^[a]congealed in the heart of the sea.
⁹^(T)The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will ^(U)divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
¹⁰You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹“Who^(V) is like You, O Lord, among the ^[b]gods?
Who is like You, ^(W)glorious in holiness,
Fearful in ^(X)praises, ^(Y)doing wonders?
¹²You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
¹³You in Your mercy have ^(Z)led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To ^(AA)Your holy habitation.

¹⁴“The ^(AB)people will hear and be afraid;
^(AC)Sorrow^[c] will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
¹⁵^(AD)Then ^(AE)the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
^(AF)The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
^(AG)All the inhabitants of Canaan will ^(AH)melt away.
¹⁶^(AI)Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be ^(AJ)as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
^(AK)Whom You have purchased.
¹⁷You will bring them in and ^(AL)plant them
In the ^(AM)mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The ^(AN)sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

¹⁸“The^(AO) Lord shall reign forever and ever.”

¹⁹For the ^(AP)horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and ^(AQ)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

The Song of Miriam^(AR)

²⁰Then Miriam ^(AS)the prophetess, ^(AT)the sister of Aaron, ^(AU)took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her ^(AV)with timbrels and with dances. ²¹And Miriam ^(AW)answered them:

^(AX)“Sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

²²So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of ^(AY)Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no ^(AZ)water. ²³Now when they came to ^(BA)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ^[d]Marah. ²⁴And the people ^(BB)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” ²⁵So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. ^(BC)When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He ^(BD)made a statute and an ^[e]ordinance for them, and there ^(BE)He tested them, ²⁶and said, ^(BF)“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the ^(BG)diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord ^(BH)who heals you.”