Exodus 15:2

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The 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!

Context of Exodus 15:2

1Then 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 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. 3The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. 4Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

Exodus 15:2 word by word

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 18:1I love you, Lord, my strength.
• Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
• Psalms 28:8The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
• Psalms 59:17You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.
• Psalms 62:6Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
• Psalms 118:14The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
• Philippians 4:13I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
• Deuteronomy 10:21He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.
• Psalms 22:3Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
• Psalms 109:1My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
• Psalms 140:7Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
• Revelation 15:3and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations.
• Exodus 14:13Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.
• 2 Samuel 22:51“He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
• Psalms 68:20Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape 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

Topics related to Exodus 15:2

• Blessing
• Children
• Epic
• Faith
• Joy
• Poetry
• Praise
• Psalms
• Readings, Select
• Salvation
• Song
• Thankfulness
• Worship

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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