9. The enemy said:“I will pursue, I will overtake,I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense.I will draw my sword;my hand will destroy them.”
10. But You blew with Your breath,and the sea covered them.They sank like leadin the mighty waters.
11. Lord, who is like You among the gods?Who is like You, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
12. You stretched out Your right hand,and the earth swallowed them.
13. You will lead the peopleYou have redeemedwith Your faithful love;You will guide them to Your holy dwellingwith Your strength.
14. When the peoples hear, they will shudder;anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.
15. Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;the inhabitants of Canaan will panic;
16. and terror and dread will fall on them.They will be as still as a stonebecause of Your powerful armuntil Your people pass by, Lord,until the people whom You purchased pass by.
17. You will bring them in and plant themon the mountain of Your possession; Lord, You have prepared the placefor Your dwelling;Lord, Your hands have established the sanctuary.
18. The Lord will reign forever and ever!
19. When Pharaoh’s horses with his chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
20. Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with their tambourines and danced.
21. Miriam sang to them:Sing to the Lord,for He is highly exalted;He has thrown the horseand its rider into the sea.
22. Then Moses led Israel on from the Red Sea, and they went out to the Wilderness of Shur. They journeyed for three days in the wilderness without finding water.
23. They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter — that is why it was named Marah.
24. The people grumbled to Moses, “What are we going to drink? ”