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Betsey’s introduction to this piece says it all! Moses’ big sister, Miriam, is referred to in the Talmud as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel. She was alongside Moses in the deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt. After Pharoah’s army is destroyed in the Red Sea, she leads her people in this song of freedom. This particular setting has been part of the Easter Vigil services at St. Patrick Church in Seattle for years.
lyrics
Miriam’s Canticle
I am Miriam! Miriam of the Dance!
Now Moses, the deliverer of God’s people, is my brother.
My. Little. Brother.
After the Lord spoke to Moses from the burning bush,
And Moses demanded Pharoah set our people free,
And the Lord sent plague after plague upon Egypt
And Pharoah told us to take our flocks and be gone,
And after we were led through the wilderness
And Moses parted the Sea of Reeds for us to walk through,
And Pharoah sent his chariots to capture us
And The Lord clogged their chariot wheels
And after Moses stretched out his hand over the sea
to bring wave after wave upon our captors …
we were set free!
And all of Israel feared the Lord and believed in the Lord
(and they even believed in my brother Moses),
Then, finally, I, the prophet Miriam,
took a tambourine in my hand,
And all the women came out after me with tambourines and with dancing,
And all God’s people sang this song to the Lord:
(Exodus 14:15-3 1; 15:20)
Refrain:
Let us sing to the Lord, to the Lord
who has brought us through the sea!
Let us sing to the Lord, to the Lord
who is covered in glory!
Repeat
Verse 1
I sing of the Lord, great and triumphant;
Horse and rider are cast into the sea!
The Lord is my strength, the Lord who saves me.
This is the God I will praise, the God of my ancestors.
Verse 2
True to the name, Lord,
Our God leads in battle.
See the best of their warriors
Hurled into the sea of reeds.
Verse 3
See how Pharaoh’s chariots and his charioteers
Sink like rocks to the bottom of the sea.
They lie covered by the deep.
Your right hand, O Lord,
is majesty and power,
your raised right arm, O Lord,
scatters the enemy!
Verse 4
You brought and planted us, O Lord
On the mountain that you chose
Where you make your dwelling place
The temple you built by hand.
The Lord rules forever and ever!
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