8. You were so furiousthat the sea piled uplike a wall,and the ocean depthscurdled like cheese.
9. Your enemies boastedthat they wouldpursue and capture us,divide up our possessions,treat us as they wished,then take out their swordsand kill us there.
10. But when you got furious,they sank like lead,swallowed by ocean waves.
11. Our Lord, no other godscompare with you—Majestic and holy!Fearsome and glorious!Miracle worker!
12. When you signalledwith your right hand,your enemies were swalloweddeep into the earth.
13. The people you rescuedwere led by your powerful loveto your holy place.
14. Nations learnt of thisand trembled—Philistines shook with horror.
15. The leaders of Edom and of Moabwere terrified.Everyone in Canaan fainted,
16. struck down by fear.Our Lord, your powerful armkept them still as a rockuntil the people you rescuedfor your very ownhad marched by.
17. You will let your people settleon your chosen mountain,where you built your homeand your temple.
18. Our Lord, you will rule for ever!
19. The Lord covered the royal Egyptian cavalry and chariots with the sea, after the Israelites had walked safely through on dry ground.
20. Miriam the sister of Aaron was a prophet. So she took her tambourine and led the other women out to play their tambourines and to dance.
21. Then she sang to them:“Sing praises to the Lordfor his great victory!He has thrown the horsesand their riders into the sea.”
22. After the Israelites left the Red Sea, Moses led them through the Shur Desert for three days, before finding water.
23. They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.
24. The people complained and said, “Moses, what are we going to drink?”
25. Moses asked the Lord for help, and the Lord told him to throw a piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink.At Marah the Lord tested his people and also gave them some laws and teachings.
26. Then he said, “I am the Lord your God, and I cure your diseases. If you obey me by doing right and by following my laws and teachings, I won't punish you with the diseases I sent on the Egyptians.”
27. Later the Israelites came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees. So they camped there.