The Song at the Sea
(Judges 5:1–31)
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: Rev 15:3Exo 15:21Psa 106:12Isa 12:1-6Isa 51:10-11Psa 107:8Exo 18:11Psa 107:21-22
“I will sing to the LORD,
for He is highly exalted.
The horse and rider
He has thrown into the sea.
The LORD is my strength and my song, Isa 12:2Psa 118:14Psa 18:46Psa 59:17Isa 25:1Psa 140:7Psa 18:1-2Psa 145:1
and He has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise Him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
The LORD is a warrior, Psa 24:8Exo 14:14Rev 19:11-21Isa 42:8Exo 6:6-8Psa 83:18Psa 45:3Exo 3:15
the LORD is His name.
Pharaoh’s chariots and army Exo 14:13-28Exo 14:6-7
He has cast into the sea;
the finest of his officers
are drowned in the Red Sea. 1
The depths have covered them; Neh 9:11Exo 14:28Exo 15:10Jer 51:63-64Ezk 27:34Jon 2:2Mat 18:6Mic 7:19
they sank there like a stone.
Your right hand, O LORD, Psa 118:15-16Isa 51:91Ch 29:11-12Psa 2:9Psa 60:5Rev 2:27Isa 52:10Mat 6:13
is majestic in power;
Your right hand, O LORD,
has shattered the enemy.
You overthrew Your adversaries Isa 5:24Mal 4:1Isa 47:14Deu 33:26Isa 37:29Isa 5:16Psa 148:13Psa 83:13
by Your great majesty.
You unleashed Your burning wrath;
it consumed them like stubble.
At the blast of Your nostrils Job 4:9Psa 78:13Exo 14:21-222Sa 22:162Th 2:8Hab 3:10Isa 11:4Isa 37:7
the waters piled up;
like a wall the currents stood firm;
the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy declared, Jdg 5:30Exo 14:5Isa 53:12Luk 11:22Gen 49:27Hab 3:14Isa 36:201Ki 19:2
‘I will pursue, I will overtake.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.’
But You blew with Your breath, Deu 11:4Exo 14:21Exo 15:5Isa 11:15Mat 8:27Amo 4:13Exo 14:27-28Gen 8:1
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? 1Ki 8:23Psa 89:5-81Sa 2:22Sa 7:22Rev 4:8Isa 6:3Jer 10:6-7Deu 3:24
Who is like You—majestic in holiness,
revered with praises,
performing wonders?
You stretched out Your right hand, Exo 15:6
and the earth swallowed them up.
With loving devotion 2You will lead Psa 77:201Pe 1:5Psa 106:9Psa 77:14-15Psa 78:52-54Isa 63:12-13Jer 2:6Eph 2:4
the people You have redeemed;
with Your strength You will guide them
to Your holy dwelling.
The nations will hear and tremble; Deu 2:25Jos 2:9-10Psa 48:6Isa 14:31Jos 9:24Num 14:14Deu 2:4-5Isa 14:29
anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; Jos 5:1Jos 2:11Jos 2:9Deu 2:4Gen 36:40Psa 68:21Ch 1:51-541Sa 14:16
trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;
those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
and terror and dread will fall on them. Psa 74:2Deu 2:251Sa 25:37Jos 2:91Pe 2:92Pe 2:1Deu 11:25Exo 11:7
By the power of Your arm
they will be as still as a stone
until Your people pass by, O LORD,
until the people You have bought pass by.
You will bring them in and plant them Psa 44:2Psa 80:8Psa 78:54-55Jer 32:41Psa 78:68-69Isa 5:1-4Jer 2:21Jer 31:23
on the mountain of Your inheritance—
the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling,
the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
The LORD will reign forever and ever!” Psa 10:16Psa 29:10Dan 2:44Isa 57:15Psa 146:10Rev 11:15-17Dan 4:3Dan 7:14
For when Pharaoh’s horses, 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. Exo 14:28-29Heb 11:29Exo 14:22-23Pro 21:31
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. Psa 150:41Sa 18:6Psa 149:3Psa 68:25Jdg 11:34Jdg 4:4Mic 6:4Num 26:59 And Miriam sang back to them: Exo 15:1Rev 15:3Rev 7:10-12Rev 5:9Rev 19:1-61Sa 18:72Ch 5:13Isa 5:1-30
“Sing to the LORD,
for He is highly exalted;
the horse and rider
He has thrown into the sea.”
The Waters of Marah
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water. Gen 16:71Sa 15:7Exo 3:18Gen 25:18 And when they came to Marah, 3 they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.) Num 33:8Rut 1:20
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” Exo 16:2Exo 14:11Num 20:2-5Num 14:1-4Psa 78:19-20Exo 17:3-4Num 11:1-61Co 10:10 And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. Deu 8:2Psa 66:10Jdg 3:1Jdg 2:22Jdg 3:42Ki 2:21Deu 8:16Exo 16:4
There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them, saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.” Psa 103:3Deu 7:15Exo 23:25Psa 41:3-4Psa 147:3Jer 33:6Hos 6:1Deu 28:1-15
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters. Rev 22:2Rev 7:17Num 33:9Isa 12:3Ezk 47:12