New English Translation
Exodus 15:2
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.
Exodus 15:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The 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.
- New International Version (NIV)“The 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Context of Exodus 15:2
1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea. The 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. 3The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name. 4The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
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עָזִּ֤י וְזִמְרָת֙ יָ֔הּ וַֽיְהִי־לִ֖י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה זֶ֤ה אֵלִי֙ וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י אָבִ֖י וַאֲרֹמְמֶֽנְהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The Lordיָהּyâhh · LORDH3050
- my strengthעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
- and songזִמְרָתzimrâth · songH2176
- and he is become my salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
- heזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- my Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- and I will prepare him an habitationנָוָהnâvâh · to beautifyH5115
- my father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- and I will exaltרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
Cross-references for Exodus 15:2
- Psalms 18:1He said: “I love you, Lord, my source of strength!
- Psalms 27:1The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
- Psalms 28:8The Lord strengthens his people; he protects and delivers his chosen king.
- Psalms 59:17You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.
- Psalms 62:6He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
- Psalms 118:14The Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
- Habakkuk 3:17When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,
- Philippians 4:13I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.
- Psalms 22:3You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel.
- Psalms 109:1O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!
- Psalms 140:7O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
- Revelation 15:3They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!
- Exodus 14:13Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.
- 2 Samuel 22:51He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!”
- Psalms 68:20Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.
Commentaries on Exodus 15:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The Lord is my strength and song - How judiciously are the members of this sentence arranged! He who has God for his strength, will have him for his song; and he to whom Jehovah is become salvation, will exalt his name. Miserably and untunably, in the ears of God, does that man sing praises, who is not saved by the grace of Christ, nor strengthened by the power of his might. It is worthy of observation that the word which we translate Lord here, is not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-18Verses 1-18 With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence. In every age this song gave the tone to the poetry of Israel…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2This statement is quoted in two other places, Psalm 118:14 and Isaiah 12:2. This shows its importance. The “God of your father”(Exodus 3:6) had become my God. The Israelites now knew God personally, not only as a historical memory.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel--The scene of this thanksgiving song is supposed to have been at the landing place on the eastern shore of the Red Sea, at Ayoun Musa, "the fountains of Moses." They are situated somewhat farther northward along the shore than the opposite point from which the Israelites set out. But the line of the people would be extended during the passage, and one extremity of it would reach as far north as these…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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