Exodus 15:1

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Exodus 15:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

2 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 The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

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Judges 5:1

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

Judges 5:2

“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

Judges 5:3

Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:4

O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

Judges 5:5

The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

Judges 5:7

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Judges 5:8

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

Judges 5:9

My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

Judges 5:10

You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

Judges 5:11

the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

Judges 5:12

‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

Judges 5:13

Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

Judges 5:14

Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

Judges 5:15

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:16

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:17

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

Judges 5:18

Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

Judges 5:19

Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

Judges 5:20

From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

Judges 5:21

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

Judges 5:22

Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

Judges 5:23

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

Judges 5:24

Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

Judges 5:25

He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

Judges 5:26

She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

Judges 5:27

At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

Judges 5:28

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

Judges 5:29

Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

Judges 5:30

‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

Judges 5:31

So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

2 Samuel 22:1

And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 22:2

He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

2 Samuel 22:3

My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

2 Samuel 22:4

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

2 Samuel 22:5

For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

2 Samuel 22:6

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

2 Samuel 22:7

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

2 Samuel 22:8

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

2 Samuel 22:10

He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

2 Samuel 22:11

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

2 Samuel 22:12

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

2 Samuel 22:13

From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

2 Samuel 22:14

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

2 Samuel 22:15

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

2 Samuel 22:16

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

2 Samuel 22:17

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

2 Samuel 22:18

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

2 Samuel 22:19

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

2 Samuel 22:20

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

2 Samuel 22:21

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

2 Samuel 22:23

For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

2 Samuel 22:24

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

2 Samuel 22:25

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

2 Samuel 22:26

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

2 Samuel 22:27

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

2 Samuel 22:28

You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

2 Samuel 22:29

For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:30

For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.

2 Samuel 22:31

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

2 Samuel 22:32

For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

2 Samuel 22:33

God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

2 Samuel 22:34

He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

2 Samuel 22:35

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

2 Samuel 22:36

You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

2 Samuel 22:37

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

2 Samuel 22:38

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

2 Samuel 22:39

I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

2 Samuel 22:40

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

2 Samuel 22:41

You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

2 Samuel 22:42

They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

2 Samuel 22:43

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

2 Samuel 22:44

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

2 Samuel 22:45

Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

2 Samuel 22:46

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

2 Samuel 22:47

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

2 Samuel 22:48

the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

2 Samuel 22:49

who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

2 Samuel 22:50

Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

2 Samuel 22:51

Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

Psalms 106:12

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Psalms 107:8

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Psalms 107:15

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Psalms 107:21

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Psalms 107:22

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

Isaiah 12:1

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Isaiah 12:2

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

Isaiah 12:4

and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.

Isaiah 12:5

Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 51:10

Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

Isaiah 51:11

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Revelation 15:3

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

Exodus 15:21

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.”

Exodus 14:17

And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.

Exodus 14:18

The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

Exodus 14:27

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

Colossians 2:15

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.