Page (looking up): They fall; they crush! Thy army, the waves go over them.

Pharaoh (stretching out his arms): O god of Moses, drive the sea apart!

Page (promptly): The god of Moses will not hear thy prayer.

Pharaoh: The Israelites exult.

Children of Israel (in distance):

Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?
Glorious in holiness—
Fearful in praises—
Doing wonders!
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.

Miriam (with a clash of cymbals):

I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously.
This is my God and I will praise him,
My father's God and I will exalt him. (Clash of cymbals.)

Children of Israel: