¹ 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.

² 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.

³ Jehovah [is] a man of battle; Jehovah [is] His name.

⁴ Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea!

⁵ The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone.

⁶ Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy.

⁷ And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath -- It consumeth them as stubble.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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: --

¹⁰ Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters.

¹¹ Who [is] like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who [is] like Thee -- honourable in holiness -- Fearful in praises -- doing wonders?

¹² Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand -- Earth swalloweth them!

¹³ Thou hast led forth in Thy kindness The people whom Thou hast redeemed. Thou hast led on in Thy strength Unto Thy holy habitation.

¹⁴ Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.

¹⁵ Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab -- Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan!

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ 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;

¹⁸ Jehovah reigneth -- to the age, and for ever!'

¹⁹ 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.

²⁰ 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;

²¹ 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!'

²² 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,

²³ 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.

²⁴ And the people murmur against Moses, saying, `What do we drink?'

²⁵ 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,

²⁶ 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.

²⁷ And they come to Elim, and there [are] twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.

¹ An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

² I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

³ That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

⁴ We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

⁵ And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

⁶ So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

⁷ And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

⁸ And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.

⁹ Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

¹⁰ They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

¹¹ And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

¹² Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.

¹³ He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

¹⁴ And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵ He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.

¹⁶ And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

¹⁷ And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

¹⁸ And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

¹⁹ And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

²⁰ Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

²¹ Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

²² For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

²³ And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

²⁴ And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

²⁵ Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

²⁶ He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

²⁷ And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,

²⁸ And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

²⁹ And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

³⁰ They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,

³¹ And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

³² With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

³³ And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

³⁴ If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

³⁵ And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

³⁶ And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

³⁷ And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

³⁸ And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

³⁹ And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.

⁴⁰ How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

⁴¹ Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

⁴² They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

⁴³ When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴ And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

⁴⁵ He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

⁴⁶ And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

⁴⁷ He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

⁴⁸ And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

⁴⁹ He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.

⁵⁰ He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

⁵¹ And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

⁵² And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

⁵³ And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

⁵⁴ And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

⁵⁵ And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

⁵⁶ And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

⁵⁷ And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

⁵⁸ And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

⁵⁹ God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

⁶⁰ And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

⁶¹ And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

⁶² And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

⁶³ His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

⁶⁴ His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

⁶⁵ And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

⁶⁶ And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

⁶⁷ And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

⁶⁸ And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

⁶⁹ And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

⁷⁰ And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

⁷¹ From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

⁷² And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!