1Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him:
2Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about.
3Yahweh is a warrior;
4He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army
5The water covered them like a flood;
6O Yahweh, your right arm has awesome power;
7You have gloriously defeated your enemies.
8You blew on the sea,
9Our enemies said, ‘We will pursue them
10But you blew on them with your breath,
11Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you [RHQ]!
12When you stretched out your right hand,
13You faithfully loved the people you rescued;
14The people of other nations will hear what you have done;
15The chiefs in Edom will be dismayed.
16They will be terrified and fearful because of your great strength [MTY].
17to go to Canaan land.
18O Yahweh, you will rule forever!
19The Israeli people walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground. But when the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen tried to go through the sea, Yahweh caused the water to come back and cover them.”
20Then Miriam, who was Aaron’s older sister and a ◄prophetess/woman who spoke messages that came directly from God►, picked up her tambourine,
21and she sang this song to Yahweh:
22Then Moses/I led the Israeli people away from the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez). They/we went to the desert at Shur. They/We walked for three days, but they/we could not find any water.
23So they/we went on and came to a place named Marah. There was water there, but they/we could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, which is the Hebrew word that means ‘bitter’.
24The people complained to Moses/me, saying, “What are we going to drink?”
25So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. Then Yahweh showed him/me a tree. So he/I cut off one of the branches and threw it into the water, and the water became good to drink. There at Marah, Yahweh gave them various laws to direct their lives. He also tested them there, to determine if they would obey him,
26by saying, “I am Yahweh, your God. If you will carefully obey me when I speak to you, and do those things that I know are right, and pay close attention to all the things that I command you, I will keep you from being afflicted by all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. Do not forget that I am the one who heals you.”
27After they/we left Marah, they/we came to a place named Elim. There were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees there. So they/we camped there.