Exodus · Chapter 15

[ edit] Thanne Moyſes ſoong, and þe ſones of Iſrael, þis ditee to þe Lord; and ſeiden. Synge we to þe Lord, forſoþe gloriouſly he is magnyfied; þe hors and þe ſteyer up he þrewe down into þe ſee. My ſtrengþe and my preyſyng þe Lord; and he is maad to me into helþe. Þis my God, and hym Y ſhal gloryfie; þe God of my fader, and hym Y ſhal enhaunce. Þe Lord as a man fiȝter, Almyȝti his name; þe chare of Pharao and his ooſt he þrewe fer into þe ſee. His choſun princes weren turned vpſedoun in þe reed ſee; þe depe watris couerden hem; þei deſcendiden into þe depþe as a ſtoon. Lord, þi riȝt hoond is magnyfied in ſtrengþe; þy ryȝt hoond, Lord, haþ ſmytun þe enemye.

And in multitude of þi glorie þow haſt put doun alle myn aduerſaryes; þow haſt ſent þi wraþ, þat deuowride hem as ſtoble. And in þe ſpirit of þi woodnes watris ben gederid togidere; þe flowynge water ſtode, þe depe watris ben gederid to gidere in þe myddil ſee. Þe enemye ſeide, Y ſhal purſue, and Y ſhal tak; robries Y ſhal dyuyde, my ſoule ſhal be fulfillid. I ſhal drawe out my ſwerd; and myn hoond ſhal ſlee hym. Þi ſpiryt blewe, and þe ſee couerde hem; and þei ben vnder dreynt as leed in hidows watris. Who, Lord, is lijk to þee in ſtrong þingis, who is lijk to þee? þow doer of greet þingis in holynes, and feerful, and preyſable, and doynge merueyls.

Þow haſt ſtrauȝt out þin hoond, and þe erþe haþ deuourid hem; a duke þow haſt ben in þi merci to þi puple, þat þow haſt aȝenbouȝt; and þow haſt born it in þi ſtrengþe to þin holi dwellyng place. Puples ſteiden vp, and ben wrooþ; ſorwes wiþheelden þe dwellers of Philiſtien. Þanne ben diſturbid þe princes of Edom; tremblyng wiþheelde þe ſtrong men of Moab. Alle þe dwellers of Chanaan aȝenfruſſhiden for ferde; inward drede fal vpon hem, and outward drede in þe mykilnes of þin arme. Be þei maad vnmouable as a ſtoon, to þe tyme, Lord, þat þi puple paſſe; to þe tyme þat þi puple paſſe, þis þat þow haſt weeldid.

Þow ſhalt lede hem yn, and þow ſhalt plaunt in þe hil of þin heritage; wiþ þi mooſt ſtedfaſt dwellyng, Lord, þat þow haſt wrouȝt; Lord, þi ſeyntuarye, þat þin hondes faſtiden. Þe Lord ſhal regne wiþouten ende and ouer. Forſoþe Pharao, rydynge wiþ charys, and his horſmen ȝeden yn to þe ſee, and þe watris of þe ſee þe Lord aȝenbrouȝte vpon hem; þe ſones forſoþe of Yrael ȝeden þurȝ þe drye, in þe myddil of it. Þanne Mary, a propheteſſe, þe ſiſter of Aaron, tok a tympan in hir hoond, and alle þe wymmen ȝeden out after hir, wiþ tympanes and daunſes; wiþ þe whiche ſhe before ſonge, ſeiynge, Synge we to þe Lord, gloriouſly forſoþe he is magnyfyed; þe hors and his ſteier up he þrew doun into þe ſee.

Forſoþe Moyſes tok Yrael fro þe reed ſee, and þei ȝeden out into þe deſert of Sur, and þei ȝeden þre dayes þurȝ wildirnes, and þei fonden no watyr. And þei camen into Maraþ, and þei myȝten not drynk þe watris of Maraþ, forþi þat þei weren bitter; wherfor and a couenable name he putte to þe place, clepynge it Mara, þat is, bitternes. And þe puple grucchide aȝens Moyſes, ſeiynge, What ſhulen we drynk? And he cryede to þe Lord, þe which ſhewide hym a tree; þe which whanne he hadde put into þe watris, þei weren turned into ſwetnes.

Þere he ordeynede to him heeſtis and domes, and þere he temptide hym, ſeiynge, If þow heriſt þe voys of þe Lord þi God, and doſt þat þat is ryȝt before hym, and obeyſhiſt to his maundementis, and kepiſt alle his heeſtis, al þe langour þat I putte in Egipte, Y ſhal not brynge yn vpon þee; I forſoþe am þe Lord þi Sauyour. Þe ſones of Yrael forſoþe camen into Helym, where weren twelue welles of watris, and ſeuenti palme trees, and þei meueden tentis biſides þe waters.