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Then singeth Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah , and they speak, saying: -- `I sing to Jehovah , For triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea .
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My strength and song is JAH , And He is become my salvation : This [is] my God , and I glorify Him; God of my father , and I exalt Him.
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Jehovah [is] a man of battle ; Jehovah [is] His name .
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Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea ; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea !
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The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone .
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Thy right hand , O Jehovah , Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand , O Jehovah , Doth crush an enemy .
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And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath -- It consumeth them as stubble .
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And by the spirit of Thine anger Have waters been heaped together; Stood as a heap have flowings; Congealed have been depths In the heart of a sea .
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The enemy said , I pursue , I overtake ; I apportion spoil ; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword ; My hand destroyeth them: --
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Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters.
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Who [is] like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah ? Who [is] like Thee -- honourable in holiness -- Fearful in praises -- doing wonders?
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Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand -- Earth swalloweth them!
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Thou hast led forth in Thy kindness The people whom Thou hast redeemed . Thou hast led on in Thy strength Unto Thy holy habitation .
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Peoples have heard , they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia .
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Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab -- Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan !
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Fall on them doth terror and dread; By the greatness of Thine arm They are still as a stone , Till Thy people pass over, O Jehovah ; Till the people pass over Whom Thou hast purchased.
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Thou dost bring them in, And dost plant them In a mountain of Thine inheritance , A fixed place for Thy dwelling Thou hast made, O Jehovah ; A sanctuary, O Lord , Thy hands have established;
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Jehovah reigneth -- to the age, and for ever !'
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For the horse of Pharaoh hath gone in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea , and Jehovah turneth back on them the waters of the sea , and the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea .
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And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron , taketh the timbrel in her hand , and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;
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and Miriam answereth to them: -- `Sing ye to Jehovah , For Triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea !'
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And Moses causeth Israel to journey from the Red Sea , and they go out unto the wilderness of Shur , and they go three days in the wilderness , and have not found water ,
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and they come in to Marah , and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah , for they [are] bitter; therefore hath [one] called its name Marah .
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And the people murmur against Moses , saying, `What do we drink ?'
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and he crieth unto Jehovah , and Jehovah sheweth him a tree , and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them,
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and He saith , `If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God , and dost that which is right in His eyes , and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes : none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah , am healing thee.
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And they come to Elim , and there [are] twelve fountains of water , and seventy palm trees ; and they encamp there by the waters.