Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses and the Israelites, singing to the LORD immediately after He destroyed Pharaoh's army in the sea (Exodus 15:1).

The words — יְשׁוּעָה (yeshu'ah), "salvation," is the noun that later becomes a personal name (Joshua, Jesus). The verb אַנְוֵה ('anve), "I will glorify/exalt," is a future-tense commitment, not a description of a past event.

The thread — The phrase "my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation" recurs in Psalms 118:14 and Isaiah 12:2; Psalms 18:46 echoes the exaltation.

Why it lands — The verse is structured as personal claim followed by obligation: "He is my God" is the premise, "I will exalt Him" is the consequence. It asks the reader to hold both — the possession and the response — as inseparable.

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The Hebrew words

עָזִּ֤י'a.Z/i[is] might/ my וְזִמְרָת֙ve./zim.Ratand/ strength יָ֔הּYahYahweh וַֽיְהִי־va/y.hi-and/ he has becomeלִ֖יl/iof/ meלִֽישׁוּעָ֑הli./shu.'Ah<into>/ salvation זֶ֤הzehthis אֵלִי֙'e.L/i[is] God/ my וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּve./'an.Ve./huand/ I will glorify/ him אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God of אָבִ֖י'a.V/ifather/ my וַאֲרֹמְמֶֽנְהוּ׃va./'a.rom.Me/ne.huand/ I will exalt/ him

King James Version

The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Cross-references

Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Psalms 118:14 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
Psalms 18:46 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
Psalms 59:17 To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.
Psalms 18:1 For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
Psalms 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
Psalms 145:1 A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.