THE SONGS OF MOSES AND MIRIAM
Key verse: 2
NIV
The Song of Moses and Miriam
15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song(A) to the Lord:
“I will sing(B) to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver(C)
he has hurled into the sea.(D)
2 “The Lord is my strength(E) and my defense[a];
he has become my salvation.(F)
He is my God,(G) and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt(H) him.
3 The Lord is a warrior;(I)
the Lord is his name.(J)
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army(K)
he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.[b]
5 The deep waters(L) have covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.(M)
6 Your right hand,(N) Lord,
was majestic in power.
Your right hand,(O) Lord,
shattered(P) the enemy.
7 “In the greatness of your majesty(Q)
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;(R)
it consumed(S) them like stubble.
8 By the blast of your nostrils(T)
the waters piled up.(U)
The surging waters stood up like a wall;(V)
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.(W)
9 The enemy boasted,
‘I will pursue,(X) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(Y)
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(Z)
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.(AA)
11 Who among the gods
is like you,(AB) Lord?
Who is like you—
majestic in holiness,(AC)
awesome in glory,(AD)
working wonders?(AE)
12 “You stretch out(AF) your right hand,
and the earth swallows your enemies.(AG)
13 In your unfailing love you will lead(AH)
the people you have redeemed.(AI)
In your strength you will guide them
to your holy dwelling.(AJ)
14 The nations will hear and tremble;(AK)
anguish(AL) will grip the people of Philistia.(AM)
15 The chiefs(AN) of Edom(AO) will be terrified,
the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,(AP)
the people[c] of Canaan will melt(AQ) away;
16 terror(AR) and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
they will be as still as a stone(AS)—
until your people pass by, Lord,
until the people you bought[d](AT) pass by.(AU)
17 You will bring(AV) them in and plant(AW) them
on the mountain(AX) of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,(AY)
the sanctuary,(AZ) Lord, your hands established.
18 “The Lord reigns
for ever and ever.”(BA)
19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[e] went into the sea,(BB) the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.(BC) 20 Then Miriam(BD) the prophet,(BE) Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels(BF) and dancing.(BG) 21 Miriam sang(BH) to them:
Footnotes
- Exodus 15:2 Or song
- Exodus 15:4 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22
- Exodus 15:15 Or rulers
- Exodus 15:16 Or created
- Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers
Cross references
- Exodus 15:1 : Nu 21:17; Jdg 5:1; 2Sa 22:1; 1Ch 16:9; Job 36:24; Ps 59:16; 105:2; Rev 15:3
- Exodus 15:1 : Jdg 5:3; Ps 13:6; 21:13; 27:6; 61:8; 104:33; 106:12; Isa 12:5, 6; 42:10; 44:23
- Exodus 15:1 : Dt 11:4; Ps 76:6; Jer 51:21
- Exodus 15:1 : S Ex 14:27
- Exodus 15:2 : Ps 18:1; 59:17
- Exodus 15:2 : S Ge 45:7; Ex 14:13; Ps 18:2, 46; 25:5; 27:1; 62:2; 118:14; Isa 12:2; 33:2; Jnh 2:9; Hab 3:18
- Exodus 15:2 : S Ge 28:21
- Exodus 15:2 : Dt 10:21; 2Sa 22:47; Ps 22:3; 30:1; 34:3; 35:27; 99:5; 103:19; 107:32; 108:5; 109:1; 118:28; 145:11; 148:14; Isa 24:15; 25:1; Jer 17:14; Da 4:37
- Exodus 15:3 : S Ex 14:14; Rev 19:11
- Exodus 15:3 : S Ex 3:15
- Exodus 15:4 : Ex 14:6-7; Jer 51:21
- Exodus 15:5 : S Ex 14:28
- Exodus 15:5 : ver 10; Ne 9:11
- Exodus 15:6 : Ps 16:11; 17:7; 21:8; 63:8; 74:11; 77:10; 89:13; 98:1; 118:15; 138:7
- Exodus 15:6 : S Ex 3:20; S Job 40:14
- Exodus 15:6 : Nu 24:8; 1Sa 2:10; Ps 2:9
- Exodus 15:7 : Dt 33:26; Ps 150:2
- Exodus 15:7 : Ps 2:5; 78:49-50; Jer 12:13; 25:38
- Exodus 15:7 : Ex 24:17; Dt 4:24; 9:3; Ps 18:8; 59:13; Heb 12:29
- Exodus 15:8 : S Ex 14:21; Ps 18:15
- Exodus 15:8 : Jos 3:13; Ps 78:13; Isa 43:16
- Exodus 15:8 : S Ex 14:22
- Exodus 15:8 : Ps 46:2
- Exodus 15:9 : Ex 14:5-9; Dt 28:45; Ps 7:5; La 1:3
- Exodus 15:9 : Jdg 5:30; Isa 9:3; 53:12; Lk 11:22
- Exodus 15:10 : Job 4:9; 15:30; Isa 11:4; 30:33; 40:7
- Exodus 15:10 : ver 5; Ne 9:11; Ps 29:3; 32:6; 77:19
- Exodus 15:11 : S Ex 8:10; Ps 77:13; S Isa 46:5
- Exodus 15:11 : Lev 19:2; 1Sa 2:2; 1Ch 16:29; Ps 99:3; 110:3; Isa 6:3; Rev 4:8
- Exodus 15:11 : S Ex 14:4; Ps 4:2; 8:1; 26:8; Isa 35:2; 40:5
- Exodus 15:11 : S Ex 3:20
- Exodus 15:12 : S Ex 7:5
- Exodus 15:12 : Nu 16:32; 26:10; Dt 11:6; Ps 106:17
- Exodus 15:13 : Ne 9:12; Ps 77:20
- Exodus 15:13 : S Ex 6:6; Job 33:28; Ps 71:23; 106:10; Isa 1:27; 41:14; 43:14; 44:22-24; 51:10; 63:9; Tit 2:14
- Exodus 15:13 : ver 17; Ps 68:16; 76:2; 78:54
- Exodus 15:14 : ver 16; Ex 23:27; Dt 2:25; Jos 2:9; 5:1; 9:24; 1Sa 4:7; Est 8:17; Ps 48:6; 96:9; 99:1; 114:7; Eze 38:20
- Exodus 15:14 : Isa 13:8
- Exodus 15:14 : Ps 83:7
- Exodus 15:15 : S Ge 36:15
- Exodus 15:15 : Dt 2:4
- Exodus 15:15 : Nu 22:3; Ps 114:7
- Exodus 15:15 : Jos 2:9, 24
- Exodus 15:16 : S ver 14; S Ge 35:5
- Exodus 15:16 : 1Sa 25:37
- Exodus 15:16 : Ps 74:2; 2Pe 2:1
- Exodus 15:16 : Dt 2:4
- Exodus 15:17 : Ex 23:20; 32:34; 33:12
- Exodus 15:17 : 2Sa 7:10; Ps 44:2; 80:8, 15; Isa 5:2; 60:21; Jer 2:21; 11:17; 24:6; Am 9:15
- Exodus 15:17 : Dt 33:19; Ps 2:6; 3:4; 15:1; 78:54, 68; 133:3; Da 9:16; Joel 2:1; Ob 1:16; Zep 3:11
- Exodus 15:17 : S ver 13; Ps 132:13-14
- Exodus 15:17 : Ps 78:69; 114:2
- Exodus 15:18 : S Ge 21:33; Ps 9:7; 29:10; 55:19; 66:7; 80:1; 102:12; 145:13; La 5:19
- Exodus 15:19 : S Ex 14:28
- Exodus 15:19 : S Ex 14:22
- Exodus 15:20 : ver 21; Ex 2:4; Nu 12:1; 20:1; 26:59; 1Ch 4:17; 6:3
- Exodus 15:20 : Jdg 4:4; 2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22; Ne 6:14; Isa 8:3; Eze 13:17
- Exodus 15:20 : S Ge 31:27; 1Sa 18:6; Ps 81:2; Isa 30:32
- Exodus 15:20 : S Ge 4:21; Jdg 11:34; 21:21; 1Sa 18:6; 2Sa 6:5, 14, 16; Ps 30:11; 149:3; 150:4; SS 6:13; Jer 31:4, 13
- Exodus 15:21 : 1Sa 18:7
- Exodus 15:21 : Am 2:15; Hag 2:22
- Exodus 15:21 : S Ex 14:27
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ESV
The Song of Moses
15 Then Moses and the people of Israel (A)sang this song to the Lord, saying,
(B)“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider[a] he has thrown into the sea.
2 (C)The Lord is my strength and my (D)song,
and he has become (E)my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
(F)my father's God, and (G)I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is (H)a man of war;
(I)the Lord is his name.
4 (J)“Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
and his chosen (K)officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The (L)floods covered them;
they (M)went down into the depths like a stone.
6 (N)Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
your right hand, O Lord, (O)shatters the enemy.
7 In the (P)greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
you send out your fury; it (Q)consumes them like stubble.
8 At the (R)blast of your nostrils the waters piled up;
the (S)floods stood up in a heap;
the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, (T)‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
I (U)will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
10 You (V)blew with your wind; the (W)sea covered them;
they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 (X)“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
awesome in (Y)glorious deeds, (Z)doing wonders?
12 You stretched out (AA)your right hand;
the earth swallowed them.
13 “You have (AB)led in your steadfast love the people whom (AC)you have redeemed;
you have (AD)guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
14 (AE)The peoples have heard; they tremble;
pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Now are the chiefs of Edom (AF)dismayed;
trembling seizes the leaders of (AG)Moab;
(AH)all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Terror and (AI)dread fall upon them;
because of the greatness of your arm, they are still (AJ)as a stone,
till your people, O Lord, pass by,
till the people pass by whom (AK)you have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and (AL)plant them on your own mountain,
the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,
(AM)the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
18 (AN)The Lord will reign forever and ever.”
19 For when (AO)the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, (AP)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then (AQ)Miriam (AR)the prophetess, the (AS)sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and (AT)all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them:
(AU)“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 15:1 Or its chariot; also verse 21
Cross references
- Exodus 15:1 : Ps. 106:12; [Judg. 5:1; 2 Sam. 22:1]
- Exodus 15:1 : ver. 21
- Exodus 15:2 : Ps. 18:1, 2; 59:17; 118:14; 140:7; Isa. 12:2
- Exodus 15:2 : Deut. 10:21; Ps. 109:1
- Exodus 15:2 : Ps. 18:46; Hab. 3:18
- Exodus 15:2 : ch. 3:6, 15, 16
- Exodus 15:2 : 2 Sam. 22:47; Ps. 34:3; 99:5, 9; 118:28; 145:1; Isa. 25:1
- Exodus 15:3 : Ps. 24:8; Rev. 19:11
- Exodus 15:3 : ch. 3:15; 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 42:8; Mal. 3:6
- Exodus 15:4 : ch. 14:28
- Exodus 15:4 : ch. 14:7
- Exodus 15:5 : ver. 10; ch. 14:28
- Exodus 15:5 : Neh. 9:11
- Exodus 15:6 : ver. 12; Ps. 118:15, 16; Isa. 51:9
- Exodus 15:6 : Ps. 2:9; Rev. 2:27
- Exodus 15:7 : Deut. 33:26
- Exodus 15:7 : [Isa. 5:24; 47:14; Mal. 4:1]
- Exodus 15:8 : ch. 14:21, 22; 2 Sam. 22:16; Job 4:9; Ps. 18:15; [2 Thess. 2:8]
- Exodus 15:8 : Ps. 78:13; [Josh. 3:16; Hab. 3:10]
- Exodus 15:9 : ch. 14:9
- Exodus 15:9 : Gen. 49:27; Judg. 5:30; Isa. 53:12; Luke 11:22
- Exodus 15:10 : ch. 14:21; [Isa. 11:15; 40:24]
- Exodus 15:10 : ver. 5; ch. 14:28
- Exodus 15:11 : Deut. 3:24; 1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 7:22; 1 Kgs. 8:23; 2 Chr. 6:14; Jer. 10:6
- Exodus 15:11 : [Isa. 6:3; Rev. 4:8]
- Exodus 15:11 : Ps. 77:14
- Exodus 15:12 : ver. 6
- Exodus 15:13 : Ps. 77:20
- Exodus 15:13 : Ps. 77:15
- Exodus 15:13 : Ps. 78:54
- Exodus 15:14 : Num. 14:14; Deut. 2:25; Josh. 2:9, 10; 9:24
- Exodus 15:15 : [Deut. 2:4]
- Exodus 15:15 : Num. 22:3
- Exodus 15:15 : Josh. 2:9, 11, 24; 5:1
- Exodus 15:16 : Deut. 2:25; 11:25
- Exodus 15:16 : 1 Sam. 25:37
- Exodus 15:16 : Ps. 74:2; [1 Pet. 2:9]
- Exodus 15:17 : Ps. 44:2; 80:8; [Jer. 32:41]
- Exodus 15:17 : Ps. 78:54; 132:13, 14
- Exodus 15:18 : Ps. 10:16; 29:10; 45:6; 146:10; Rev. 11:15
- Exodus 15:19 : ch. 14:23
- Exodus 15:19 : ch. 14:28, 29
- Exodus 15:20 : Mic. 6:4
- Exodus 15:20 : [Judg. 4:4; 2 Kgs. 22:14; Neh. 6:14; Luke 2:36]
- Exodus 15:20 : ch. 2:4; Num. 26:59
- Exodus 15:20 : Judg. 11:34; 1 Sam. 18:6; Ps. 68:25; 149:3; 150:4
- Exodus 15:21 : ver. 1
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1. Who is like you, O Lord? (1-18)
Moses and the Israelites did not celebrate victory over Pharaoh and deliverance from Egypt with a wild party, eating and drinking. They celebrated with a song of praise to God for the greatness of his majesty, for his awesome power and glory. Moses sang about 'God who is my strength, my song and...my salvation.' How a person handles success and victory is a test of his faith.
2. Singing and dancing women (19-21)
When the waters of the sea covered Pharaoh's horses and chariots and soldiers, and the Israelites walked through on dry ground, the Israelites, led by Miriam and the women, sang and danced with tambourines. They, too, celebrated the Lord's victory.
Prayer: Lord, you saved me from sin and death through the blood of Jesus. You are my strength and song. You are my salvation. You are a great and awesome God. Praise be to your name.
One Word: God is my salvation and my song