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Boker Tov! I pray you are having a blessed week. This live broadcast falls on a Wednesday, each week, and no matter when you watch it, either live or after the fact, here in the LAMB archives, on my YouTube channel, on Facebook, wherever, I pray you are having a blessed week. We had some fun here locally this past weekend. We had some snowfall. This past Shabbat I just sat and watched the snow come down. For a brief moment I thought I would go out and walk in it too. However, I quickly discarded that notion because it was also bitterly cold and windy, like in the teens with a near-zero wind chill. I live in an area of the country where snow is a welcome distraction in the wintertime, not a burden. I know that is not true for all my listeners.
At any rate, let’s turn in the Scriptures to Psalm 75. For centuries, this psalm has been thought to apply to the last years of the Jewish exile, whenever Hashem would grant that to be. It was always believed that as deliverance was about to make an appearance, the persecution of the Jews would increase dramatically, and then Mashiach would come to establish His kingdom on earth. Well, let’s look at history a bit. Mashiach Yeshua came in the first century CE. 43 years after his death, the most recent and the longest-lasting Jewish exile began, with the Romans destroying the Temple in Jerusalem, scattering the Jews to the four winds, and forbidding them from re-assembling anywhere in the Roman Empire, upon penalty of death. This last Jewish exile lasted from 70 CE to 1948 CE., nearly 1900 years. What happened in the early to mid 1940s? Approximately 6 million Jews were expelled from Europe and exterminated in concentration camps, IF they even made it there. Many were murdered in their European cities before they reached a camp. And then, the world gave to Jewry their land back, the modern-day nation of Israel was established. Effectively, the exile is over, for those who wish to return and re-settle the land. Those that have definitely have the favor of Hashem, as marvelous things are happening in Israel. Are they still being threatened and attacked by enemy nations? Yes, they are. But, Jews are no longer forced to live in exile, elsewhere in the world. Was there an intense persecution just before the exile ended? Yes, there most certainly was, though certain elements in modern-day education want to deny it, particularly the Muslims.
Before we look at the Psalm, let’s look ahead into the future. Will Mashiach return? Yes, He has promised He will. Will there be an intense persecution of spiritual and physical Israel prior to His return? Most likely there will. This period is called Acharit Yamim (Hebrew for the latter days), The Time of Jacob’s Trouble, or the Chevlai Mashiach (birthpains of the Messiah). Another name for it is The Great Tribulation.
As mentioned in last week’s teaching, we are in a part of the psalms which were written by Asaph. The superscription of this psalm says that it should be sung to the tune “Al Tashchayt!”, which means “Do not destroy!” Surely, in the years following 70 CE and in the early 1940s CE, the Jewish people were afraid they would be completely wiped out from the face of the earth. And the facts that they were not is surely a divine miracle. The establishment of modern-day Israel is likewise a miracle!
However, in the days leading up to the end of the age, before Mashiach returns, there will almost certainly, as the superscription says, be cries of “Do Not Destroy!” That’s not the way this psalm begins though. It begins by thanking God for how He is ever near to His people, the greatness of His Name and the amazing wonders He has done. Let’s look at verses 1-3.
1) We give thanks to you, God, we give thanks;
your name is near, people tell of your wonders.
(2) “At the time of my own choice,
I will dispense justice fairly.
(3) When the earth quakes, with all living on it,
it is I who hold its support-pillars firm.” (Selah)
Often, when Hashem has manifested Himself to mankind, the earth has quaked and the sea has roared. Other times fire has fallen from Heaven, and there has been smoke along with other fearsome physical manifestations. If you look at the opening of the sixth seal in Revelation chapter 6, verse 12, we see this forecasted: great earthquake (some say worldwide) to cause continents to shift, sun becomes black, moon turns to blood, extensive meteor shower, tremendous upheaval and mayhem. This will be the inauguration of Hashem’s just judgment on the nations of the earth. Some theologians believe the opening of the sixth seal will occur in conjunction with the Rapture of the Followers of Yeshua. Others decry a pre-Tribulation Rapture as a theological invention of the mid 1800s, and I am not going to get into that this morning.
Regardless, the Lord God promises that, in the midst of all this mayhem at the end of the age, He still holds firm the support pillars of the Earth. Isn’t that magnificent? I just love that. He holds the whole world “in His hands”. Maybe that’s where that old spiritual song came from, this verse, Psalm 75:4. The other promise here is that He will dispense justice fairly. I have been so grieved and upset over the plight of the Iranian people who are being slaughtered by the tens of thousands by their evil government. I just cannot imagine what those people are going through. Those perpetrating these evil acts will not escape. They will face God’s judgment for their murderous and tyrannical actions. We can take comfort in that.
(4) To the boastful I say, “Do not boast!”
and to the wicked, “Don’t flaunt your strength!
(5) Don’t flaunt your strength so proudly;
don’t speak arrogantly, with your nose in the air!
(6) For you will not be raised to power
by those in the east, the west or the desert;
(7) since God is the judge; and it is he
who puts down one and lifts up another.
(8) In Adonai’s hand there is a cup of wine,
foaming, richly spiced;
when he pours it out, all the wicked of the earth
will drain it, drinking it to the dregs.”
In the ArtScroll translation, verse 4 begins: “I said to the madmen, ‘Be not insane’.” There is certainly enough insanity to go around these days, as it seems that madness has replaced reason and logic. Part of this comes about because there is so little peace, either in the hearts of men/women or in society as a whole. You’ve got men pretending to be women because they think they ARE actually women, and vice versa, for goodness sake! Then, you have those who are blaming the church people because the anti-ICE protesters broke into their service and disrupted it, terrorizing the families. You can’t get much more insane that that. “Up is down, and down is up” with a large portion of the American population, smh. Yes, “knowledge has increased”, another indicator we are nearing the end of this earth age, but more people are becoming crazy as bats day by day. It’s truly extraordinary, and not in a good way either.
Verse 5 talks about the centrality of sinful pride in the last days of the age. Listen to this quote, page 942 in the ArtScroll Tanakh Series, Tehillim, vol. 2.
“The mad pursuit of luxury and wealth in the final days of the exile will be spurred by a false sense of pride and accomplishment. Men will imagine that they have reached the heights of technology, culture and civilization. They will therefore believe that they have earned the fight to spoil themselves.” Haven’t you heard people say today, “Go ahead! You deserve it!” That is a pernicious, deadly attitude. None of us “deserves” anything more than an eternity in Hell forever, to be perfectly blunt and honest. But, this prideful arrogance is symptomatic of the end of the age. Recall that it was also the same in the days of Noah, just before the Great Flood. They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage (Matthew 24:37-38) and, this passage in Matthew promises that it will be that way again. People were prideful, arrogant and oblivious then, and they are today! People, we are there, seems to me.
Verse 7 - - Isn’t it a comfort to know that as nations rise and fall, they are all completely under the direction of the Lord Almighty? We have no reason to fear the future. He is the Master Director. He puts one nation down and lifts another up. He alone has the final word as to which regime will be in power and which will be deposed, who will prosper and who will fail. As the sage Alsich said, “No human effort can alter the decree which God issues on these matters.”
The reference in verse 8 to the richly foaming wine indicates that it is undiluted, showing that similarly will God’s judgment be undiluted. It will be full-strength, 100 proof, unrestrained by any of God’s mercy or compassion.
I am not a wine connoisseur, but I’ve been told that if the wine at the top of the cup is bitter, then the dregs at the bottom of the cup are the bitterest of all, the dregs representing the worst of punishments. Let’s finish this short psalm now. Verses 9 and 10.
(9) But I will always speak out,
singing praises to the God of Ya‘akov.
(10) I will break down the strength of the wicked,
but the strength of the righteous will be raised up.
Is Asaph enjoying the future destruction of the wicked? Not per se, but he is seeming to take pleasure in the opportunity it affords him to tell of God’s power in executing justice and vengeance. Ibn Ezra comments that the righteous will publicize these mighty deeds so that people can learn from these prophecies and mend their ways before it is eternally too late.
There is no direct quotation of Psalm 75 in the New Testament.
Let’s move on to Psalm 76, in which Asaph continues the theme as he prophesies about the epic battle of God and Magog. There has been a lot of theological speculation about this war, mainly about which countries will be involved and when it will take place in the end-times framework. While I’m tempted to get very far afield here, I’m only going to dive into this topic a little bit, by sharing with you what I learned when studying about Gog and Magog with Moreh Joseph Good, about 5 years ago. Let’s start with some historical background.
In the first couple of centuries CE, there were three wars: The first one started about 40 years after Yeshua’s death, burial and resurrection, in 66-73 CE. It was mostly over by 70 CE, when Temple was destroyed, but Masada fell in 73, and that was the last hold-out of the Jews. It was over. The second war was 116-119 CE. This is when the Jewish Alexandrian community in Egypt was nearly wiped out by the Romans. This is when the great library in Alexandria was destroyed. The third war was 132-135 CE. This was the Bar Kochba revolt. After this, Jews were no longer allowed into Jerusalem, except for one day per year. Each of these three wars were instigated by Zealots, fanatically-religious Jews who felt they could bring about the coming of Messiah and His Kingdom, by fighting political wars against the Romans. These Zealots misapplied prophecy. They were misdirected, misinformed. The Great Jewish Eschatological Age lasted from about 300 BCE to the time of the Bar Kochba Revolt.
After the failure of Bar Kochba, the rabbis put a ban on these attempts to calculate the time of the end, to bring about the coming of Messiah, because it had resulted in the destruction of all they held dear and had cast them out of their beloved Jerusalem. Jews were forbidden to study end-times topics for nearly 2000 years! Jewish eschatology did not begin to be revived until the late 1980s, led by Rabbi Schneerson. He proclaimed that Jews HAD to start studying eschatology again, and I think one of the reasons he said this is because of how the re-establishment of the nation of Israel in their ancestral land heralded how close the end times are. At any rate, the end of all things seemed near to Rabbi Schneerson, a very influential rabbi in 20th century Judaism, and, though the exact date of the end is not allowed to be calculated, the study of end times is allowed to be studied, so that Jews (and believers in Yeshua) will recognize things as they begin to occur.
Both Jews and and some Believers in Jesus Christ/Yeshua, believe that God announces His significant moves through His prophets. Both groups also believe that “what happened before will happen again”, which is another way of God’s “announcing”. This called “dual fulfillment” prophecy. For example, the Assyrian invasion by Sennacherib during the reign of King Chizkiyahu/ Hezekiah of Judea was seen as a picture/type of Gog and Magog. Chizkiyahu’s name actually means “my strength is Hashem.” In that historical account, Hashem miraculously delivered Judea from the Assyrian onslaught. This is recorded in 2 Kings 19 and in Isaiah 37, where the Angel of the Lord (the Malakh Yahweh) destroyed 185,000 Assyrian troops in one blow. HE is going to do it again to effectively end the war of Gog and Magog.
Allright, with that historical framework in place, let’s explore who the alliance called Gog and Magog might be in the future and the timing of this “battle”.
In Jewish eschatology, the war of Gog and Magog is gigantic. It is huge.
Gog and Magog is a war that will last for the first half of the Chevlai Mashiach, for 3 years. Three relevant passages of Scripture that you can look at later at your leisure are Ezekiel 38, Micah 5:1-3 and Isaiah 19:5-7.
In Ezekiel 38:10 Gog/Magog makes an evil plan. See also Isaiah 19:5-7. I believe this “evil plan” is already at work. Israel is already recognizing that she is basically standing alone, apart from the support of the USA. Israel’s destruction has always been the focus of The Adversary and his minions. In order to bring that about, the USA is going to have to be taken out of the picture. You may or may not know that there are no obvious references to USA in end-times prophecies, either geographically or otherwise. Some have theorized that the “great city” that will be destroyed, called “Babylon” is actually the USA. If so, that is a frightening concept for those of us who live here in America. As I mentioned earlier, some theologians align the opening of the sixth seal and the Rapture of Yeshua’s earthly followers to coincide with this.
Regardless, when “Babylon” is destroyed, this occurs at the beginning of the 7-year period, which we will for our purposes call the Birthpains of Messiah (His return). This destruction of Babylon is the first salvo in the Gog/Magog war, which will last for 3 years. During this period, G & M will be WINNING this massive world war.
Vs. 17 of Ezekiel 38 gives us the greatest hint as to the identity of Gog/Magog. God says that for years His prophets have prophesied against Gog/Magog. See Tractate Sanhedrin 94a from the Talmud Bavli. This tractate identifies Assyria as Gog and Magog. Gog/Magog can be traced through the scriptures in the prophecies and history of the Assyrian invasions of Judah and Yisrael. We have close to 50 O.T. chapters which cover this theme, Assyrian invasions of Israel and Judah. That hideously evil empire lasted for around 1500 years!
Similarly, when you see references in Scripture to Assyria and The Assyrian, these end times prophetic references refer to Gog and Magog. The False Messiah (AntiChrist) and his cohorts will form the Western Alliance, who will ultimately win the battle of Gog and Magog. But, it is Hashem who delivers the land and His people from The Assyrian. The 3-year war of Gog/Magog which started with the destruction of USA at beginning of year 1, will culminate when Gog/Magog sends a contingent of their army to Israel to invade its borders. God Himself will miraculously defeat them, and all Israel will return to their God, by recognizing Yeshua as their Messiah.
At the end of the battle of Gog/Magog we see the birds and beasts (Ezek. 29:17-22) summoned to eat “the sacrificial meal”. The key point is that at this point, at the beginning of year 4 of the Birthpains, the house of Israel shall know that I am the L-RD their God from That.Day.Forward. (emphasis mine)
(This is NOT the battle at the END of the Chevlai Mashiach - - it is NOT Armageddon. )
At this decisive battle in Israel, the battle of Gog/Magog, the Jews will recognize that God will have fulfilled His promise to Israel. The entire nation will recognize Yeshua as their Messiah, even though the FM and his forces will appear to have won the battle, by laying waste with the sword “the land of Assyria.” (In Jewish eschatology, it is believed that Mashiach will deliver the nation at this decisive battle in Judah, but the major difference is that the Jews don’t believe that Mashiach will actually be Yeshua returned to Earth.)
The FM will continue as the leader of the Western Alliance. After Gog/Magog is defeated in the land of Israel, FM and the Western Alliance will GO to the land of Gog/Magog and finish them off there. See Numbers 24:24 Kittim is Rome, and Asshur is Assyria, and Eber is Israel.
Isaiah 20:1-6 This is yet another passage which tells us that Gog and Magog will war against the FM and his allies for the first three years of the 7-year Tribulation period. Note the 3 years reference in this passage. Again, for emphasis, the FM is typified in scripture as “Egypt” and “Ethiopians” (Cush), while Gog/Magog and allies are typified as “Assyria”. The Egyptian Pharoah of Bible fame is a “type” of the FM.
There are two distinct Cushes referred to in Scripture. One is in Ethiopia, the country due south of Egypt. The other “Cush” is in Babylon, and is sometimes called Shinar.
After pursuing to Europe and fully subduing Gog and Magog, the FM will make a “triumphant entry” into Jerusalem in the first half of Year 4 of the 7-year period, mimicking Jesus, centuries before. This is the halfway point of the Chevlai Mashiach.. For the next 42 months, no one can defeat the FM and the Western Alliance. They will have just defeated the most powerful army in the world, the army that some say will have begun their war by destroying the USA, Gog and Magog. FM will move his headquarters to Jerusalem because he wants to be worshipped as God, because Jerusalem is the City of God, and also because Europe will have been decimated by this point.
There is a rabbinical tradition that the Battle of Gog and Magog will both begin and end in the month of Tishri. Therefore, this day has been designated as The Song of the Day for the first day of Sukkot.
I think this is the most lengthy introduction I’ve given to any psalm! Let’s read Psalm 76 together now, from the Complete Jewish Bible translation.
For the leader. With string music. A psalm of Asaf. A song:
(1) In Y’hudah God is known;
his name is great in Isra’el.
(2) His tent is in Shalem,
his place is in Tziyon.
(3) There he broke the flashing arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. (Selah)
(4) You are glorious, majestic,
more so than mountains of prey.
(5) The bravest have been stripped of their spoil
and now are sleeping their final sleep;
not one of these courageous men
finds strength to raise his hands.
(6) At your rebuke, God of Ya‘akov,
riders and horses lie stunned.
(7) You are fearsome! When once you are angry,
who can stand in your presence?
(8) You pronounce sentence from heaven;
the earth grows silent with fear
(9) when God arises to judge,
to save all the humble of the earth. (Selah)
(10) Human wrath serves only to praise you;
what remains of this wrath you wear as an ornament.
(11) Make vows to Adonai your God, and keep them;
all who are around him must bring presents to the one who should be feared.
(12) He curbs the spirit of princes;
he is fearsome to the kings of the earth.
Now for some additional comments on this psalm. Let’s start with verse 1. Please remember that Judah was at the time of this psalm’s writing a family territory within the broader land of Israel. (Think Texas as a state in the USA.) Later, in the days of King Hezekiah, the 10 northern tribes of Israel had already been conquered by Assyria and scattered all over the evil empire. This happened because they left the ways of God and began to worship idols. But, when the miraculous defeat of Sennacherib’s army occurred, not only was God’s name magnified in Judah, it became great again even in the distant ranks of the alienated, far-flung tribes of the 10 lost tribes of Israel. And, God miraculously kept this spark alive over the past nearly 3000 years, which explains why the people of the Jews have endured to return to the land of Israel and re-establish their homeland. The lost tribes will eventually return also, according to Scripture.
Verse 2 - - The rabbis say that Jerusalem has always been a special place in the heart of Hashem. They maintain that it was founded by Shem, the righteous son of Noah, who called himself Malchizedek. Yes, that Malchizedek whom Abraham knew. Shem called the name of the place Salem, but Abraham called it in Genesis 22:14 Yahweh Yireh (God sees). Both names came to be combined to form Yerushalayim/Jerusalem. Shem did live a long time, even outliving Sarah, Abraham’s wife. But, we also have to consider the book of Hebrews in the Brit Chadasha, where the apostle Paul indicates that the genealogy of Melchizedek is unknown. I’m not going to take a definitive stance that Melchizedek was Shem, the son of Noah.
Verses 3-6 tell of how Hezekiah’s victory against the Assyrians and the future battle of Gog and Magog will not be won by military might. In verse 6, we read that the word of God will rebuke them, for instance. The rabbis say they will be stunned into the slumber of death, along with their horses. It is hard for us in this modern day to conceive of warfare returning to the use of horses. However, that is what the Scriptures foretell, even in the book of Revelation, where it tells of the blood flowing as high as the bridles of the horses, when describing the battle of Armageddon. (Remember, this is a later battle than the battle of God and Magog.). Hard to know what to make of these references to horses.
Moving on…verse 9. We are told here that those who escape the judgment of Hashem will be those who are humble of heart. This is reiterated in the verse that says, “God opposes the proud…but gives grace to the humble.” (James 4:6). It is also echoed in Matthew 23:12 and 1 Peter 5:5. This is a recurring theme through Scripture. Sinful pride, trusting in one’s own abilities, thrusting aside the will of God….all these lead to unhappiness at best and ultimately to eternal destruction.
The sages say that Chizkiyahu was the epitome of humility, following in the example set by Moses, who was likewise praised for his humility. Chizkiyahu is said to have denied himself the trappings of royalty and that his daily diet consisted of no more than two bunches of greens and some meat. He was content with that although the people mocked him for his humble dining habits.
Verses 11 and 12 point to what life will be like in the Messianic Kingdom. Hashem will once again be the focal point of the Earth, as Mashiach reigns in Yerushalayim, the city which has been called the Navel of the Earth. This is due to not only its central position geographically, but also its central role in Creation, and to its function as the conduit of God’s sustenance. It will be that way again, in the Messianic Kingdom. Also, in that day, people will actually make vows to Hashem and keep them. And, the nations of the world will bring tribute to the King of Kings, in Jerusalem.
On to Psalm 77, on which we are not going to spend a lot of time. It is a psalm which bemoans the exile and disfavor of Hashem, as well as praising Him for His mighty works done on behalf of Israel in the past.
Let’s read this psalm together and then I’ll make a few brief remarks to close out our time today.
77 For the leader. For Y’dutun. A psalm of Asaf:
(1) I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God; and he hears me.
(2) On the day of my distress I am seeking Adonai;
my hands are lifted up;
my tears flow all night without ceasing;
my heart refuses comfort.
(3) When remembering God, I moan;
when I ponder, my spirit fails. (Selah)
(4) You hold my eyelids [and keep me from sleeping];
I am too troubled to speak.
(5) I think about the days of old,
the years of long ago;
(6) in the night I remember my song,
I commune with myself, my spirit inquires:
(7) “Will Adonai reject forever?
will he never show his favor again?
(8) Has his grace permanently disappeared?
Is his word to all generations done away?
(9) Has God forgotten to be compassionate?
Has he in anger withheld his mercy?” (Selah)
(10) Then I add, “That’s my weakness —
[supposing] the Most High’s right hand could change.”
(11) So I will remind myself of Yah’s doings;
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
(12) I will meditate on your work
and think about what you have done.
(13) God, your way is in holiness.
What god is as great as God?
(14) You are the God who does wonders,
you revealed your strength to the peoples.
(15) With your arm you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Ya‘akov and Yosef. (Selah)
(16) The water saw you, God;
the water saw you and writhed in anguish,
agitated to its depths.
(17) The clouds poured water, the skies thundered,
and your arrows flashed here and there.
(18) The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind,
the lightning flashes lit up the world,
the earth trembled and shook.
(19) Your way went through the sea,
your path through the turbulent waters;
but your footsteps could not be traced.
(20) You led your people like a flock
under the care of Moshe and Aharon.
Where is the low point in this psalm? I think it is in verses 8-10. There is such a hopelessness in those verses! A hopelessness that comes from being unable to see an end to suffering. We can bear just about anything, if we know there will be an end to it, and especially when that end will be. It’s a bit like doing a particularly difficult set of exercise repetitions. If you plan to do, say, 20, when you get toward the end, at, say,15, you are able to press on, because you know that at 20 you can stop! But, the psalmist’s extreme grief is due to how he is unable to see an end to his suffering in exile. It seems to be lasting until eternity, his grace having disappeared forever.
The fulcrum point comes at the beginning of verse 11, where the psalmist makes the conscious decision to take action. He recalls. He will remember (YeezKHOR, in the Hebrew). The rest of the psalm is a list of the marvelous works Hashem has done on behalf of His people over the millennia. Speaking the truth of God’s faithfulness, in times of despair, is a form of praise. He is glorified when we remember His faithfulness to us.
There are several references to “waters” in these verses. Water has long been viewed in ancient near eastern societies as a source of chaos and trouble. The last two verses of this psalm recall the parting of the waters at the Sea of Reeds, and later through the leadership of Moses and Aaron the miracles done at Mt. Sinai.
In real time this past week, but when I am writing this lesson, we celebrated Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath that concludes the week when the parsha contains the story of the parting of the Sea of Reeds. Did you know that there are only 13 Shabbatot that have a name attached to them? This is one of those. Shabbat Shirah means the sabbath of song, and it refers to the famous Song of the Sea (Shirat HaYam) that Miriam, Moses and the Israelites sang after they witnessed this miracle. It is recorded in Exodus 15, the first 18 verses. If you look at it in a Torah scroll, the words are laid out in a wave-like fashion, mimicking the waves of the sea. If you want to turn to that in your copy of the Scriptures, we’ll read it together.
By referencing this at the end of Psalm 77, I believe that Asaph is asking Hashem to do another miracle of that magnitude, by ending the long, seemingly endless exile in a similar, miraculous fashion. Here is Shirat HaYam from the CJB translation:
15 Then Moshe and the people of Isra’el sang this song to Adonai:
“I will sing to Adonai, for he is highly exalted:
the horse and its rider he threw in the sea.
2 Yah is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.
This is my God: I will glorify him;
my father’s God: I will exalt him.
3 Adonai is a warrior;
Adonai is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
he hurled into the sea.
His elite commanders
were drowned in the Sea of Suf.
5 The deep waters covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.
6 Your right hand, Adonai, is sublimely powerful;
your right hand, Adonai, shatters the foe.
7 By your great majesty you bring down your enemies;
you send out your wrath to consume them like stubble.
8 With a blast from your nostrils the waters piled up —
the waters stood up like a wall,
the depths of the sea became firm ground.
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue and overtake,
divide the spoil and gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
10 You blew with your wind, the sea covered them,
they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like you, Adonai, among the mighty?
Who is like you, sublime in holiness,
awesome in praises, working wonders?
12 You reached out with your right hand:
the earth swallowed them.
13 In your love, you led the people you redeemed;
in your strength, you guided them to your holy abode.
14 The peoples have heard, and they tremble;
anguish takes hold of those living in P’leshet;
15 then the chiefs of Edom are dismayed;
trepidation seizes the heads of Mo’av;
all those living in Kena‘an are melted away.
16 Terror and dread fall on them;
by the might of your arm they are still as stone
until your people pass over, Adonai,
till the people you purchased pass over.
17 You will bring them in and plant them
on the mountain which is your heritage,
the place, Adonai, that you made your abode,
the sanctuary, Adonai, which your hands established.
18 Adonai will reign forever and ever.
19 For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots
and with his cavalry into the sea,
but Adonai brought the sea waters back upon them,
while the people of Isra’el walked on dry land
in the midst of the sea!”
20 Also Miryam the prophet, sister of Aharon, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines, dancing, 21 as Miryam sang to them:
“Sing to Adonai, for he is highly exalted!
The horse and its rider he threw in the sea!”
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