“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.”
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. The Song of the Sea begins. It is one of the oldest extended poems in the Hebrew Bible, composed immediately after the crossing and possibly the first liturgical poem in Israel's history. The opening declaration — I will sing to the Lord — names the response that salvation requires: not mere gratitude or relief, but song, public praise directed specifically to the Lord. The content of the first line is specific and concrete: horse and driver hurled into the sea. Praise in Scripture is not vague spiritual sentiment but the naming of what God has specifically done. Psalm 105:2 says sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. The Song of the Sea is the model for all subsequent Hebrew praise: grounded in specific historical acts, addressed personally to the God who performed them.
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