Where is it in the Bible?
Exodus 15:2
2The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
In other translations
- ESV
- 2The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
- NLT
- 2The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father's God, and I will exalt him!
- CSB
- 2The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
- KJV
- 2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
The surrounding passage
Exodus 15:1–4, King James Version
1Then 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.
2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
4Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
Context
From the Song of Moses (also called the Song of the Sea), sung by Moses and the Israelites after God parted the Red Sea and the pursuing Egyptian army was drowned (14:21–15:1). It is often counted among the oldest poems in the Bible. This verse's opening line is echoed later in Psalm 118:14 and Isaiah 12:2.
About the book of Exodus
Moses, the plagues, the Passover, and the Ten Commandments.
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