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13 You have marched out to rescue your people,
    and to save your special servant.[a]
You have knocked down the leader of the wicked nation.
You have removed all his clothes,
    from head to foot.
Selah.
14 You threw his own spear into his head,
    and you destroyed his army.
When his soldiers rushed out to attack us,
    they were laughing.
They thought that they would easily win against us,
    as if we were poor, weak people.
15 But you, Lord, marched across the sea with your horses.
    You made the waters of the sea shake.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13 God's special servant is ‘Messiah’ in Hebrew. It may also mean Israel's king.

13 You came out(A) to deliver(B) your people,
    to save your anointed(C) one.
You crushed(D) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(E)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(F) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(G) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.(H)

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