Exodus 15:1-21

Common English Bible

⁴ Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he hurled into the sea;
    his elite captains were sunk in the Reed Sea.^[b]
5 The deep sea covered them;
    they sank into the deep waters like a stone.
⁶ Your strong hand, Lord, is dominant in power;
    your strong hand, Lord, shatters the enemy!
⁷ With your great surge you overthrow your opponents;
    you send out your hot anger; it burns them up like straw.
⁸     With the breath of your nostrils the waters swelled up,
        the floods surged up in a great wave;
        the deep waters foamed in the depths of the sea.
⁹ The enemy said, “I’ll pursue, I’ll overtake,
    I’ll divide the spoils of war.
    I’ll be overfilled with them.
    I’ll draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.”
¹⁰ You blew with your wind; the sea covered over them.
    They sank like lead in the towering waters.
¹¹ Who is like you among the gods, Lord?
    Who is like you, foremost in holiness,
    worthy of highest praise, doing awesome deeds?
¹² You raised your strong hand;
    earth swallowed them up.
¹³ With your great loyalty you led the people you rescued;
    with your power you guided them to your sanctuary.
¹⁴ The peoples heard, they shook in terror;
    horror grabbed hold of Philistia’s inhabitants.
¹⁵ Then Edom’s tribal chiefs were terrified;
    panic grabbed hold of Moab’s rulers;
    all of Canaan’s inhabitants melted in fear.
¹⁶ Terror and fear came over them;
    because of your great power,
    they were as still as a stone
        until your people, Lord, passed by,
        until the people you made your own passed by.
¹⁷ You brought them in and planted them on your own mountain,
    the place, Lord, that you made your home,
        the sanctuary, Lord, that your hand created.
¹⁸ The Lord will rule forever and always.