Canticle of Moses and Miriam

CANTEMUS DOMINO

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying,
ALL: "I will sing to the Lord, who has triumphed gloriously;
ALL: The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and my song, And has become my salvation;
ALL: This is my God whom I will praise.
I will exalt my father's God who is a mighty warrior, whose name is the Lord.
ALL: Pharaoh's chariots and his host the Lord cast into the sea;
ALL: And his chosen officers are sunk in the Red Sea.
The floods cover them; they went down into the depths like a stone.
ALL: Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
ALL: Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, terrible in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
ALL: You stretched out your right hand,
ALL: The earth swallowed them.
In your steadfast love, you have led the people whom you have redeemed;
ALL: You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.

You will bring them in, and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
ALL: The Lord will reign for ever and ever."

Then Miriam, the prophet, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing, and Miriam sang to them:
ALL: "Sing to the Lord, who has triumphed gloriously;
ALL: The horse and its rider the Lord has thrown into the sea."

-United Methodist Hymnal #135


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