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^(C1)Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD, ^(F1)saying: "^(F2)(C2)I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; ^(C3)The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.

-"^(F1)(C1)The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; ^(C2)This is my God, and I will praise Him; ^(C3)My father's God, and I will ^(C4)exalt Him.

-"^(C1)The LORD is a warrior; ^(F1)(C2)The LORD is His name.

-"^(C1)Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are ^(F1)drowned in the ^(F2)Red Sea.

-"The waters cover them; ^(C1)They went down into the depths like a stone.

-"^(C1)Your right hand, LORD, is majestic in power; ^(C2)Your right hand, LORD, destroys the enemy.

-"And in the greatness of Your ^(F1)excellence You ^(C1)overthrow those who rise up against You; ^(C2)You send out Your burning anger, and it ^(C3)consumes them like chaff.

-"^(C1)At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, ^(C2)The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

-"^(C1)The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will ^(C2)divide the spoils; ^(F1)I shall ^(F2)be satisfied against them; I will draw my sword, my hand will ^(F3)destroy them.'

-"^(C1)You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; ^(C2)They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

-"^(C1)Who is like You among the gods, LORD? Who is like You, ^(C2)majestic in holiness, ^(C3)Awesome in praises, ^(C4)working wonders?

-"^(C1)You reached out with Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.

-"In Your ^(F1)faithfulness You have ^(C1)led the people whom You have ^(C2)redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them ^(C3)to Your holy habitation.

-"^(C1)The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.

-"Then the ^(C1)chiefs of Edom were terrified; ^(C2)The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them; ^(C3)All the inhabitants of Canaan have despaired.

-"^(C1)Terror and dread fall upon them; ^(C2)By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone, Until Your people pass over, LORD, Until the people pass over whom You ^(C3)have purchased.

-"^(C1)You will bring them and ^(C2)plant them in ^(C3)the mountain of Your inheritance, ^(C4)The place, LORD, which You have made as Your dwelling, ^(C5)The sanctuary, Lord, which Your hands have established.

-"^(C1)The LORD shall reign forever and ever."