Exodus 15:1-21

Modern English Version

“I will sing to the Lord,
    for He has triumphed gloriously!
He has thrown the horse and his rider
    into the sea!
² The Lord is my strength and song,
    and He has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
    my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
³ The Lord is a man of war;
    the Lord is His name.
⁴ Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
    He has thrown into the sea;
his chosen captains also
    are drowned in the Red Sea.
⁵ The depths have covered them;
    they sank to the bottom like a stone.

⁶ “Your right hand, O Lord,
    is glorious in power.
Your right hand, O Lord,
    shatters the enemy.
⁷ In the greatness of Your excellence,
    You overthrow those who rise up against You.
You send out Your wrath;
    it consumes them like stubble.
⁸ With the blast of Your nostrils
    the waters were gathered together.
The flowing waters stood upright as a heap;
    and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

⁹ “The enemy said,
    ‘I will pursue. I will overtake.
I will divide the spoil;
    my lust shall be satisfied upon them.
I will draw my sword,
    my hand shall destroy them.’
¹⁰ You blew with Your wind,
    and the sea covered them;
they sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.

¹¹ “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods?
    Who is like You,
        glorious in holiness,
        fearful in praises,
        doing wonders?
¹² You stretched out Your right hand,
    and the earth swallowed them.

¹³ “In Your mercy You have led
    the people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them by Your strength
    to Your holy dwelling.
¹⁴ The peoples have heard and are afraid;
    sorrow has taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
¹⁵ Then the chiefs of Edom were amazed;
    the mighty men of Moab, trembling takes hold of them;
all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
¹⁶     Fear and dread fall upon them;
by the greatness of Your arm
    they are as still as a stone,
until Your people pass over, O Lord,
    until the people whom You have purchased pass over.
¹⁷ You shall bring them in, and plant them
    on the mountain of Your inheritance,
in the place, O Lord, which You have made for Your dwelling,
    in the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
¹⁸ The Lord will reign
    forever and ever.”

“Sing to the Lord,
    for He triumphed gloriously!
The horse and his rider
    He has hurled into the sea.”