<p class="poetry">He turned the sea into dry land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they passed through the river on foot.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let us rejoice in him there!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You destroyed<n id="1" /> the sea by your strength;p> <p class="poetry">you shattered the heads of the sea monster<n id="2" /> in the water.p>

<p class="poetry">You walked through the sea;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you passed through the surging waters,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but left no footprints.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You rule over the proud sea.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When its waves surge,<n id="2" /> you calm them.p>

<p class="poetry">Above the sound of the surging water,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the mighty waves of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> sits enthroned in majesty.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does whatever he pleasesp> <p class="poetry">in heaven and on earth,p> <p class="poetry">in the seas and all the ocean depths.p>

<p class="poetry">the one who made heaven and earth,p> <p class="poetry">the sea, and all that is in them,p> <p class="poetry">who remains forever faithful,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">when he gave the sea his decreep> <p class="poetry">that the waters should not pass over his command,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he marked out the foundations of the earth,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Like strong winds blowing in the south,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">one invades from the desert,p> <p class="poetry">from a land that is feared.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> stretched out his hand over the sea,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shook kingdoms;p> <p class="poetry">he<n id="2" /> gave the orderp> <p class="poetry">to destroy Canaan&#8217;s fortresses.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So in the east<n id="1" /> extol the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">along the seacoasts extol<n id="2" /> the fame<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc> a brand new song!p> <p class="poetry">Praise him<n id="1" /> from the horizon of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you coastlands<n id="3" /> and those who live there!p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">the one who made a road through the sea,p> <p class="poetry">a pathway through the surging waters,p>

<p class="poetry">If only you had obeyed my<n id="1" /> commandments,p> <p class="poetry">prosperity would have flowed to you like a river,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, they come from far away!p> <p class="poetry">Look, some come from the north and west,p> <p class="poetry">and others from the land of Sinim!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God,p> <p class="poetry">who churns up the sea so that its waves surge.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies is his name!p>

<p class="poetry">But the wicked are like a surging seap> <p class="poetry">that is unable to be quiet;p> <p class="poetry">its waves toss up mud and sand.p>

<p class="poetry">But how can it rest<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have<n id="2" /> given it orders?p> <p class="poetry">I have ordered it to attackp> <p class="poetry">the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The people of the earth will quake when they hear of their downfall.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Their cries of anguish will be heard all the way to the Gulf of Aqaba.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall;p> <p class="poetry">the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.&#8217;<n id="1" />p>