1 Moses and the Israelites sang this song in praise of the Lord:I sing praises to the Lordfor his great victory!He has thrown the horsesand their ridersinto the sea.
2 The 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 Godof my ancestors.
3 The Lord is his name,and he is a warrior!
4 He threw the chariots and armyof Egypt's kinginto the Red Sea,and he drowned the bestof the king's officers.
5 They sank to the bottomjust like stones.
6 With the tremendous forceof your right arm, our Lord,you crushed your enemies.
7 What a great victory was yours,when you defeated everyonewho opposed you.Your fiery anger wiped them out,as though they were straw.
8 You were so furiousthat the sea piled uplike a wall,and the ocean depthscurdled like cheese.
9 Your enemies boastedthat they wouldpursue and capture us,divide up our possessions,treat us as they wished,then take out their swordsand kill us right there.
10 But when you got furious,they sank like lead,swallowed by ocean waves.
11 Our Lord, no other godscompare with you—Majestic and holy!Fearsome and glorious!Miracle worker!
12 When you signaledwith your right hand,your enemies were swalloweddeep into the earth.
13 The people you rescuedwere led by your powerful loveto your holy place.
14 Nations learned of thisand trembled—Philistines shook with horror.
15 The leaders of Edom and of Moabwere terrified.Everyone in Canaan fainted,
16 struck down by fear.Our Lord, your powerful armkept them still as a rockuntil the people you rescuedto be your very ownhad marched by.
17 You will let your people settleon your own mountain,where you chose to liveand to be worshiped.
18 Our Lord, you will rule forever!
19 The Lord covered the royal Egyptian cavalry and chariots with the sea, after the Israelites had walked safely through on dry ground.
20 Miriam 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.
21 Then she sang to them:“Sing praises to the Lordfor his great victory!He has thrown the horsesand their riders into the sea.”
22 After the Israelites left the Red Sea, Moses led them through the Shur Desert for three days, before finding water.
23 They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.
24 The people complained and said, “Moses, what are we going to drink?”
25 Moses 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.
26 Then 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.”
27 Later the Israelites came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and 70 palm trees. So they camped there.