出埃及記15:1-18

15:1 那時，摩西和以色列人向耶和華唱歌說：我要向耶和華歌唱，因他大大戰勝，將馬和騎馬的投在海中。
15:2 耶和華是我的力量，我的詩歌，也成了我的拯救。這是我的上帝，我要讚美他，是我父親的上帝，我要尊崇他。
15:3 耶和華是戰士；他的名是耶和華。
15:4 法老的車輛、軍兵，耶和華已拋在海中；他特選的軍長都沉於紅海。
15:5 深水淹沒他們；他們如同石頭墜到深處。
15:6 耶和華啊，你的右手施展能力，顯出榮耀；耶和華啊，你的右手摔碎仇敵。
15:7 你大發威嚴，推翻那些起來攻擊你的；你發出烈怒如火，燒滅他們像燒碎秸一樣。
15:8 你發鼻中的氣，水便聚起成堆，大水直立如壘，海中的深水凝結。
15:9 仇敵說：我要追趕，我要追上；我要分擄物，我要在他們身上稱我的心願。我要拔出刀來，親手殺滅他們。
15:10 你叫風一吹，海就把他們淹沒；他們如鉛沉在大水之中。
15:11 耶和華啊，眾神之中，誰能像你？誰能像你─至聖至榮，可頌可畏，施行奇事？
15:12 你伸出右手，地便吞滅他們。
15:13 你憑慈愛領了你所贖的百姓；你憑能力引他們到了你的聖所。
15:14 外邦人聽見就發顫；疼痛抓住非利士的居民。
15:15 那時，以東的族長驚惶，摩押的英雄被戰兢抓住，迦南的居民心都消化了。
15:16 驚駭恐懼臨到他們。耶和華啊，因你膀臂的大能，他們如石頭寂然不動，等候你的百姓過去，等候你所贖的百姓過去。
15:17 你要將他們領進去，栽於你產業的山上─耶和華啊，就是你為自己所造的住處；主啊，就是你手所建立的聖所。
15:18 耶和華必作王，直到永永遠遠！

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.

² “The Lord is my strength and my defense^[a];
    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.
⁴ Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
    he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
    are drowned in the Red Sea.^[b]
5 The deep waters have covered them;
    they sank to the depths like a stone.
⁶ Your right hand, Lord,
    was majestic in power.
Your right hand, Lord,
    shattered the enemy.

⁷ “In the greatness of your majesty
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
    it consumed them like stubble.
⁸ By the blast of your nostrils
    the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
⁹ The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
¹⁰ But you blew with your breath,
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.
¹¹ Who among the gods
    is like you, Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
    working wonders?

¹² “You stretch out your right hand,
    and the earth swallows your enemies.
¹³ In your unfailing love you will lead
    the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
    to your holy dwelling.
¹⁴ The nations will hear and tremble;
    anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
¹⁵ The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,
the people^[c] of Canaan will melt away;
¹⁶     terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone—
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought^[d] pass by.
¹⁷ You will bring them in and plant them
    on the mountain of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,
    the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

¹⁸ “The Lord reigns
    for ever and ever.”

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    對以色列人而言，經歷了上帝這麼大的拯救，可以說是生命的另一個階段的開始。不只是脫離埃及人的奴役，並且有上帝的同在與保守。所以，他們為了記念上帝的拯救，就寫下一首詩歌，不僅他們要唱，更是希望他們的子孫一直唱下去到永遠！

    這也讓我們體認到，禮拜雖然是一時的，卻是融入到永恆之中，是上帝與人相遇的時空！雖然上帝不受時空的限制，卻為了與我們相遇，親自降臨在其中，聆聽我們唱詩讚美，也對我們說話，透過講到者的宣告！這是上帝藉由耶穌基督，與我們在基督裡相遇與同行！

    親愛的弟兄姊妹，我們雖然沒有過紅海出埃及的經驗；但是主耶穌的拯救大恩，是勝過以色列人出埃及千千萬萬倍，因為我們是出死亡進永生！這比進迦南美地更實在、更浩大！我們因當高聲呼喊：哈利路亞！