5. The deep water covered them, and they sank to the bottom like rocks.
6. “Lord, your right hand is amazingly strong. With your right hand, Lord, you broke the enemy to pieces.
7. In your great majesty you destroyed those who stood against you. Your anger destroyed them, like fire burning straw.
8. The wind you sent in anger piled the water high. The flowing water became a wall, solid to its deepest parts.
9. “The enemy said, ‘I’ll chase them and catch them. I’ll take all their riches. I’ll take it all with my sword. I’ll take everything for myself.’
10. But you blew on them and covered them with the sea. They sank like lead into the deep sea.
11. “Are there any gods like the Lord? No, there are no gods like you— you are wonderfully holy! You are amazingly powerful! You do great miracles!
12. You raised your right hand to punish the enemy, and the ground opened up to swallow them.
13. But with your kindness you led the people you saved. And with your strength you led them to your holy land.
14. “The other nations will hear this story, and they will be frightened. The Philistines will shake with fear.
15. The commanders of Edom will tremble. The leaders of Moab will be afraid. The people of Canaan will lose courage.
16. They will be filled with fear when they see your strength. They will be as still as a rock, Lord, while your people, the ones you made, pass by.
17. You will lead your people to your own mountain. You will let them live by the place that you, Lord, prepared as your home. It is the Temple, Lord, that you yourself built.
18. “The Lord will rule forever and ever!”
19. Yes, it really happened! Pharaoh’s horses and riders, and chariots went into the sea. And the Lord brought all the water of the sea down on top of them. But the Israelites walked through that sea on dry land.
20. Then Aaron’s sister, the woman prophet Miriam, took a tambourine. She and the women began singing and dancing.
21. Miriam repeated the words, “Sing to the Lord! He has done great things. He threw horse and rider into the sea ….”