The Israelis celebrated being rescued

1Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him: “I will sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea!

2Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about. He is the one who has saved me. He is ◄my God/God, the one I worship►, and I will praise him. He is the one my father worshiped,
and I will tell others how great he is.

3Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name.

4He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army into the sea; His best officers all drowned in the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez).

5The water covered them like a flood; they sank to the bottom like a stone.

6O Yahweh, your right arm has awesome power; with that power [MTY], O Yahweh, you have crushed/smashed the enemy into pieces.

7You have gloriously defeated your enemies.
Because you were angry with them, you have destroyed them like a fire burns up straw [SIM].

8You blew on the sea, and the water piled up high; the water stood up like two walls.
In the deepest part of the sea the water became thick/solid, as though it was frozen.

9Our enemies said, ‘We will pursue them and catch up to them. We will draw our swords and strike them. After we defeat them, we will divide up the spoils. We will take from them all we want.’

10But you blew on them with your breath, and then the sea covered them. They sank like lead/rocks in the big waves.

11Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you [RHQ]! You are glorious, completely different from all that you made. ◄There is no god like you!/What god is like you?► [RHQ] There is no one who can perform all kinds of miracles [DOU] like you do [RHQ]!

12When you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed up our enemies

13You faithfully loved the people you rescued; with your power you are leading them to the land that you have set apart.

14The people of other nations will hear what you have done; and they will tremble. The people in Philistia will be terrified.

15The chiefs in Edom will be dismayed. The leaders in Moab will be so afraid, they will shake. All those who live in Canaan will faint.

16They will be terrified and fearful because of your great strength [MTY]. But they will be as silent as stones
until your people march past them,
the people you freed from being slaves in Egypt,

17to go to Canaan land. You will enable them to live [MET] on your hill, at the place that you, O Yahweh, have chosen to be your home, in the ◄holy place/temple► that you yourself will build.

18O Yahweh, you will rule forever!

19The Israeli people walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground. But when the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen tried to go through the sea, Yahweh caused the water to come back and cover them.”

20Then Miriam, who was Aaron’s older sister and a ◄prophetess/woman who spoke messages that came directly from God►, picked up her tambourine,

21and she sang this song to Yahweh: “Sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously over his enemies. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”

Yahweh made bitter water become good water to drink

22Then Moses/I led the Israeli people away from the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez). They/we went to the desert at Shur. They/We walked for three days, but they/we could not find any water.

23So they/we went on and came to a place named Marah. There was water there, but they/we could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, which is the Hebrew word that means ‘bitter’.

24The people complained to Moses/me, saying, “What are we going to drink?”

25So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. Then Yahweh showed him/me a tree. So he/I cut off one of the branches and threw it into the water, and the water became good to drink. There at Marah, Yahweh gave them various laws to direct their lives. He also tested them there, to determine if they would obey him,

26by saying, “I am Yahweh, your God. If you will carefully obey me when I speak to you, and do those things that I know are right, and pay close attention to all the things that I command you, I will keep you from being afflicted by all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. Do not forget that I am the one who heals you.”

27After they/we left Marah, they/we came to a place named Elim. There were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees there. So they/we camped there.