The Song at the Sea: Exodus 15:1-21

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.

The first song in Scripture. Standing on the far shore, bodies of enemies still visible, Israel sang. Not a dirge but a triumph song. Horse and driver—the elite Egyptian cavalry—hurled into the sea like toys.

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.

Personal testimony. My strength. My defense. My salvation. My God. My father's God. The deliverance was corporate, but the praise was personal.