15 Then sang Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel this shirah (song) to Hashem, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Hashem, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the sus and its rider hath He cast into the yam.

² Hashem is my oz and zimrah (song of praise), and He is become to me Yeshuah (salvation); He is Eli (my G-d), and I will praise Him; Elohei Avi, and I will exalt Him.

³ Hashem is an Ish Milchamah; Hashem shmo.

⁴ Markevot Pharaoh and his army hath He cast into the yam; his select commanders also are drowned in Yam Suf.

⁵ The tehomot (depths) have covered them; they sank into the bottom like an even (stone).

⁶ Thy right hand, Hashem, is become glorious in ko’ach; Thy right hand, Hashem, hath dashed into pieces the oyev.

⁷ And in the greatness of Thine majesty Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee; Thou sentest forth Thy charon (wrath), which consumed them as stubble.

⁸ And with the blast of Thy nostrils the mayim were gathered together, the floods stood upright like a stack, and the tehomot were congealed in the lev yam (heart of the sea).

⁹ The oyev said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will share the plunder; my battlelust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my cherev, my yad shall take possession of them.

¹⁰ Thou didst blow with Thy ruach, the yam covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹ Mi chamochah ba’elim, Adonoi (Who is like unto Thee, Hashem, among the elim [g-ds])? Who is like Thee, glorious in kodesh (holiness), awesome in praiseworthy acts, doing wonders?

¹² Thou didst stretch out Thy right hand, eretz swallowed them.

¹³ Thou in Thy chesed hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed (acquired back); Thou hast guided them in Thy oz unto Thy neveh kodesh (holy habitation, i.e., a neveh is the abode of a shepherd).

¹⁴ The nations shall hear, and be afraid; anguish shall take hold on the inhabitants of Peleshet (Philistia).

¹⁵ Then the chief men of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moav, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Kena’an shall melt away with weakness.

¹⁶ Terror and pachad shall fall upon them; by the greatness of Thine zero’a they shall be struck dumb as an even (stone); till Thy people pass by, Hashem, till the people pass by, which Thou hast purchased.

¹⁷ Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the har of Thine nachalah, in the place, Hashem, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, in the Mikdash, Adonoi, which Thy hands have established.

¹⁸ Hashem shall reign l’olam va’ed.

¹⁹ For the sus Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his parash into the yam, and Hashem brought again the waters of the yam upon them; but the Bnei Yisroel went on yabashah (dry land) in the middle of the yam.

²⁰ And Miryam the neviah, the achot Aharon, took the tof (hand drum) in her yad; and all the nashim went out after her with hand-drums and with dancing.

²¹ And Miryam sang to them, Sing ye to Hashem, for He hath triumphed gloriously; the sus and its rider hath He thrown into the yam.

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18 (For the one directing. Of Dovid Eved Hashem who sang to Hashem the lyrics of this shirah on the day Hashem delivered him from the hand of all his oyevim and from the hand of Sha’ul; and he said) I will love Thee, Hashem, my strength.

^2 (3) Hashem is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; Eli my Tzur (rock), in whom I take refuge; my mogen, and the keren of my salvation, and my misgav (high place as a refuge).

^3 (4) I will call upon Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from mine oyevim.

^4 (5) The chevlei mavet entangled me, and the floods of Beliya’al terrorized me.

^5 (6) The chevlei Sheol snaked around me; the snares of mavet confronted me.

^6 (7) In my distress I called upon Hashem, and cried unto Elohai; He heard my voice out of His Heikhal, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears.

^7 (8) Ha’aretz shook and trembled; the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.

^8 (9) Smoke went up from His nostrils, and eish out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

^9 (10) He parted Shomayim, and descended, and dark clouds were under His feet.

^10 (11) And He rode upon a keruv (cherub), and did fly; yea, He soared upon the wings of the ruach.

^11 (12) He made choshech His secret place; His sukkah round about Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

^12 (13) Out of the brightness that was before Him there broke through barad (hailstones) and coals of eish out of His clouds.

^13 (14) Hashem also thundered in Shomayim, and Elyon gave His voice amid barad and coals of eish.

^14 (15) Yea, He sent out His khitzim (arrows), and scattered them; and He shot out great lightning bolts, and did put them to rout.

^15 (16) Then the channels of waters were exposed, and the foundations of the tevel (world) were laid bare at Thy rebuke, Hashem, at the blast of the ruach of Thy nostrils.

^16 (17) He sent from on high, He took hold of me, He drew me out of mayim rabbim (many waters).

^17 (18) He delivered me from my strong oyev, and from them which hated me; for they were too strong for me.

^18 (19) They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Hashem was my stay.

^19 (20) He brought me forth also into a place merkhav (spacious); He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

^20 (21) Hashem dealt with me according to my tzedek; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

^21 (22) For I have been shomer regarding the Darkhei Hashem, and have not wickedly departed from Elohai.

^22 (23) For all His mishpatim were before me, and I did not put away His chukkot from me.

^23 (24) I was also tamim (blameless) before Him, and I kept myself from mine avon.

^24 (25) Therefore hath Hashem recompensed me according to my tzedek, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

^25 (26) With the chasid Thou wilt show Thyself chesed; with a perfect man Thou wilt show Thyself perfect;

^26 (27) With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure; and with the ikesh (crooked, perverted, false) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd.

^27 (28) For Thou wilt save the ani (poor); but wilt bring down low haughty looks.

^28 (29) For Thou wilt light my ner; Hashem Elohai will enlighten my choshech.

^29 (30) For by Thee have I scattered a troop; and by Elohai have I leaped over a wall.

^30 (31) As for El, His derech is tamim (perfect); the word of Hashem is tzerufah (tested and proved flawless, inerrant); He is a mogen to all those that take refuge in Him.

^31 (32) For who is Elohim besides Hashem? Or who is Tzur but Eloheinu?

^32 (33) It is El that armeth me with chayil, and maketh my derech tamim (perfect).

^33 (34) He maketh my raglayim like deer feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

^34 (35) He traineth my hands for milchamah, so that a keshet-nechushah mine arms can bend.

^35 (36) Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy salvation; and Thy right hand hath held me up, and Thy lowliness hath made me great.

^36 (37) Thou hast made rakhav (broad) the place for my footsteps under me, that my ankles did not turn.

^37 (38) I have pursued mine oyevim, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

^38 (39) I have crushed them that they were not able to rise; they are fallen under my raglayim.

^39 (40) For Thou hast armed me with chayil unto the milchamah; Thou hast made bow down under me those that rose up against me.

^40 (41) Thou hast also given me the necks of mine oyevim; that I might destroy them that hate me.

^41 (42) They cried for help, but there was no Moshi’a to save them, even unto Hashem, but He answered them not.

^42 (43) Then did I beat them small as the dust before the ruach; I did empty them out as the dirt in the chutzot (streets).

^43 (44) Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and Thou hast made me the Rosh (head) of the Goyim (nations); an Am (people) whom I have not known shall serve me.

^44 (45) As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; the Bnei Nekhar (foreigners) shall submit themselves unto me.

^45 (46) The Bnei Nekhar shall fade away, and come forth trembling out of their misgerot (stongholds, fastnesses, secure places).

^46 (47) Hashem chai; and baruch be my Tzur; and let the Elohei of my salvation be exalted.

^47 (48) It is El that avengeth me, and subdueth the nations under me.

^48 (49) He saveth me from mine oyevim; yea, Thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamas.

^49 (50) Therefore will I give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim, and sing praises unto Shimecha.

^50 (51) Great deliverance giveth He to His Melech; and showeth chesed to His Moshiach, to Dovid, and to his Zera ad olam.

⁴⁶ And Miryam said, My soul doth magnify Hashem [TEHILLIM 34:2,3]

⁴⁷ ALATZ LIBI BAHASHEM (My heart rejoices in Hashem SHMUEL ALEF 2:1) and my neshamah exalts in Hashem Yishi (G-d my savior, Moshi’a) CHABAKUK 3:18, [TEHILLIM 18:46; YESHAYAH 17:10; 61:10]

⁴⁸ For HASHEM VISHAFAL YIREH (TEHILLIM 138:6) looked upon the humble state of His shifcha (bond maid) for from now on kol hadorot ishruni (all generations will call me happy, BERESHIS 30:13) [TEHILLIM 138:6]

⁴⁹ For Shaddai (the Almighty) did gedolot for me and Kadosh is Shmo, [TEHILLIM 111:9]

⁵⁰ And the chesed of Hashem is DOR VDOR [TEHILLIM 100:5] to those with yirat Shomayim. [SHEMOT 20:6; TEHILLIM 103:17]

⁵¹ Hashem has done niflaot (wonders) with his zeroa [arm, YESHAYAH 53:1]. He scattered those who in the machshavot (thoughts) of their levavot are the Gaayonim (the Haughty ones).

⁵² He brought down shalitim (rulers) from their kisot (thrones) and lifted up the Anavim (Humble),

⁵³ The ones hungering, Hashem made full of tov, and the ashirim he sent away empty. [TEHILLIM 107:9]

⁵⁴ Hashem helped his servant Yisroel, in remembrance of his rachamim (mercy),

⁵⁵ Just as Hashem spoke to Avoteinu, to Avraham Avinu and his Zera ad Olam.

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¹⁶ And it came about when we were going to where they held the minyan, that a certain shifchah having a ruach of the python (i.e., a shed, demon) came out to meet us. She was bringing much profit to her adonim by divination. [Dt 18:11; 1Sm 28:3,7]

¹⁷ This one was following Rav Sha’ul, crying out, saying, "These anashim are avadim of G-d HaElyon and are proclaiming to you the Derech HaYeshu’at Eloheinu."

¹⁸ And this kviusdik thing she was doing for many yamim; but Rav Sha’ul, whom she wouldn’t stop derkutshen, turned to the ruach, and said, "I command you in haShem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua to come out from her!” And it came out in the same hour.

¹⁹ And when her adonim saw that the tikvah of their profit also left her, they seized Rav Sha’ul and Sila, and they dragged them into the marketplace before their manhigim;

²⁰ And having brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These anashim, being Jews, are disturbing our city,”

²¹ "And they are proclaiming minhagim which it is not permitted for us, being Romans, to accept or to do." [ESTHER 3:8]

²² And the multitude rose up together keneged Rav Sha’ul and Sila; and the chief magistrates, having torn off the kaftans of Moshiach’s Shlichim, were giving orders to beat them.

²³ And having inflicted klop after klop upon these Jewish men, they threw Rav Sha’ul and Sila into the beis hasohar, giving orders to the soher to guard them securely.

²⁴ And the soher, having received such an order, threw them into the inner beis hasohar, and he fastened their feet in the stock. [IYOV 13:27; 33:11; YIRMEYAH 20:2,3; 29:26]

²⁵ And about chatzot halailah Rav Sha’ul and Sila were davening and were singing niggunim to Hashem, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ And, suddenly, there came a gevaltike earthquake, so that the beis hasohar was shaken to its foundations, and immediately were opened all delatot (doors) and all sharsherot (chains) were unfastened.

²⁷ And the soher, having awakened and having seen the delatot of the beis hasohar having been opened, drew his cherev (sword) and was about to commit suicide, thinking the prisoners had run away.

²⁸ But Rav Sha’ul shouted with a kol gadol, saying, "Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here."

²⁹ And having asked for lights, he rushed in and, starting to tremble with pachad, he fell down before Rav Sha’ul and Sila.

³⁰ Then, leading them outside, the soher said, "Rabbotai, what is it necessary for me to do that I may come to Yeshu’at Eloheinu?"

³¹ And Moshiach’s Shlichim said, "Have emunah in the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua, and you will come to Yeshu’at Eloheinu, you and your bais."

³² And they spoke to him the dvar Hashem together with all the ones in his bais.

³³ And having taken them in that hour of the lailah, the soher washed their wounds, and at once he did getoivult (was given Moshiach’s tevilah of teshuva), as well as his entire mishpochah.

³⁴ After that he led them to tish in his bais, and he set before them okhel, and he with his whole bais had simcha gedolah that they had come to emunah in Hashem.

³⁵ And in the boker, the magistrates sent the soterim (policemen), saying, "Release those men."

³⁶ And the soher reported these words to Rav Sha’ul, saying, "The magistrates sent word that you may be released; now, therefore, go and depart in shalom." [SHOFETIM 18:6]

³⁷ But Rav Sha’ul said to them, "After giving us a public flogging, though we are uncondemned Roman citizens, they threw us into the beis hasohar; and now are they secretly sending us out? No, indeed! Let them come themselves and lead us out in public."

³⁸ And the soterim reported these words to the magistrates, and the magistrates were afraid, hearing that Rav Sha’ul and Sila were both Roman citizens.

³⁹ So the magistrates came, and entreated Rav Sha’ul and Sila, and brought them out, asking them to depart from the city.

⁴⁰ And having come out from the beis hasohar, they came to Lydia, and having seen and encouraged the Achim b’Moshiach of the Kehillah that met in Lydia’s bais, Rav Sha’ul and Sila departed.

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