Catholic Public Domain Version

Exodus 15:4-21 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

4. The chariots of Pharaoh, and his army, he has cast into the sea; his elect leaders have been submerged in the Red Sea.

5. The abyss has covered them. They descended into the depths like a stone.

6. Your right hand, O Lord, has been magnified in strength. Your right hand, O Lord, has struck down the enemy.

7. And in the multitude of your glory you have put down your adversaries. You sent out your wrath, which devoured them like stubble.

8. And by the breath of your fury, the waters were gathered together. The flowing waves stood still. The abyss was gathered into the midst of the sea.

9. The enemy said: 'I will pursue and overtake them. I will divide the spoils. My soul will be filled. I will unsheathe my sword. My hand will put them to death.'

10. Your breath blew, and the sea covered them. They were submerged like lead into the mighty waters.

11. Who is like you in strength, O Lord? Who is like you: magnificent in sanctity, terrible and yet praiseworthy, accomplishing miracles?

12. You extended your hand, and the earth devoured them.

13. In your mercy, you have been a leader to the people whom you have redeemed. And in your strength, you have carried them to your holy dwelling place.

14. Peoples rose up and became angry. Sorrows took hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.

15. Then the leaders of Edom were stirred up, and trembling took hold of the robust of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan were petrified.

16. Let fear and dread fall upon them, by the magnitude of your arm. Let them become immobilized like stone, until your people cross through, O Lord, until this, your people whom you possess, cross through.

17. You shall lead them in and plant them, on the mountain of your inheritance, in your most firm dwelling place, which you have formed, O Lord, your sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have made firm.

18. The Lord will reign in eternity and beyond.

19. For the rider Pharaoh, with his chariots and horsemen, was brought into the sea. And the Lord brought back upon them the waters of the sea. But the sons of Israel walked across dry ground in its midst."

20. And so Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took up a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

21. And she prophesied, saying: "Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been gloriously magnified. The horse and its rider, he has thrown into the sea."