The Song at the Sea (Judges 5:1–31)
2 RV The LORD is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt 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 RV The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. BSB BSB: The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
4 RV Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: And his chosen captains are sunk 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 RV The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone. BSB BSB: The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
6 RV Thy right hand, O LORD, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth 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 RV And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. BSB BSB: You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
8 RV And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as an heap; The deeps 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 RV The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil: My lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy 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 RV Thou didst blow with thy wind, 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 RV Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious 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 RV 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 RV Thou in thy mercy hast led the people which thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation. 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 RV The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. BSB BSB: The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
15 RV Then were the dukes of Edom amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are 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 RV Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O LORD, Till the people pass over which 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 RV Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 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 RV The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. BSB BSB: The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
19 RV For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in 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 RV And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels 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 RV And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; 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 RV And Moses led Israel onward 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 RV And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of 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 RV 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 RV And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved 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 RV and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that 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 RV And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten 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.