The Song at the Sea (Judges 5:1–31)
2 DBY My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him. BSB BSB: The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
3 DBY Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name. BSB BSB: The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
4 DBY Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. BSB BSB: Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 DBY The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone. BSB BSB: The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
6 DBY Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. BSB BSB: Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
7 DBY And by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries: Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath, it consumed them as stubble. BSB BSB: You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
8 DBY And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up; The streams stood as a mound; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. BSB BSB: At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 DBY The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. BSB BSB: The enemy declared, ‘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.’
10 DBY Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. BSB BSB: But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 DBY Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? BSB BSB: Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
12 DBY Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. BSB BSB: You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.
13 DBY Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness. BSB BSB: With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
14 DBY The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia. BSB BSB: The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
15 DBY Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. BSB BSB: Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
16 DBY Fear and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased. BSB BSB: and terror and dread will fall on them. 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.
17 DBY Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place that thou, Jehovah, hast made thy dwelling, The Sanctuary, Lord, that thy hands have prepared. BSB BSB: You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
18 DBY Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever! BSB BSB: The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
19 DBY For the horse of Pharaoh, with his chariots and with his horsemen, came into the sea, and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them; and the children of Israel went on dry ground through the midst of the sea. BSB BSB: 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.
20 DBY And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances. BSB BSB: Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
21 DBY And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. BSB BSB: And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
The Waters of Marah 22 DBY And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. BSB BSB: 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.
23 DBY And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah. BSB BSB: And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
24 DBY And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? BSB BSB: So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
25 DBY And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them. BSB BSB: 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. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
26 DBY And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee. BSB BSB: 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.”
27 DBY And they came to Elim; and twelve springs of water were there, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters. BSB BSB: Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.