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Then a Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying:
"I will b sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
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The LORD is my strength and c song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and d I will praise Him;
My e father's God, and I f will exalt Him.
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The LORD is a man of g war;
The LORD is His h name.
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i Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
j His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
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The depths have covered them;
k They sank to the bottom like a stone.
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"Your l right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
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And in the greatness of Your m excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth n Your wrath;
It o consumed them p like stubble.
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And q with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
r The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths 1 congealed in the heart of the sea.
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s The enemy said, 'I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will t divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.'
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You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
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"Who u is like You, O LORD, among the 2 gods?
Who is like You, v glorious in holiness,
Fearful in w praises, x doing wonders?
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You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
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You in Your mercy have y led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To z Your holy habitation.
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"The a people will hear and be afraid;
b Sorrow 3 will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
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c Then d the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
e The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
f All the inhabitants of Canaan will g melt away.
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h Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be i as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O LORD,
Till the people pass over
j Whom You have purchased.
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You will bring them in and k plant them
In the l mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O LORD, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The m sanctuary, O LORD, which Your hands have established.
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"The n LORD shall reign forever and ever."
19 For the o horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and p 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. 20 Then Miriam q the prophetess, r the sister of Aaron, s took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her t with timbrels and with dances.
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And Miriam u answered them:
v "Sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!"
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of w Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no x water. 23 Now when they came to y Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called 4 Marah. 5 24 And the people z complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
25 So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. a When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He b made a statute and an 6 ordinance for them, and there c He tested them, 26 and said, d "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 e diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD f who heals you."
27 g Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.