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By the breath[a] of your nostrils
    the waters were piled up,
the flowing waters stood up like a hill,
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

“The enemy said, ‘I’ll pursue them,[b] I’ll overtake them,[c]
    I’ll divide the spoil.
I’ll satisfy my anger[d] on them,
    I’ll draw my sword,
        and my hand will bring them to ruin.’

10 “You blew with your breath,[e]
    and the sea covered them;
        they sank like lead in the mighty water.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:8 Or wind
  2. Exodus 15:9 The Heb. lacks them
  3. Exodus 15:9 The Heb. lacks them
  4. Exodus 15:9 Lit. my soul
  5. Exodus 15:10 Or wind

By the blast of your nostrils(A)
    the waters piled up.(B)
The surging waters stood up like a wall;(C)
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.(D)
The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(E) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(F)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(G)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(H)

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