מִפִּ֤י עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים ׀ וְֽיֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫ עֹ֥ז לְמַ֥עַן צוֹרְרֶ֑יךָ לְהַשְׁבִּ֥ית א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃
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Tosefta Sotah
Rabbi Akiva expounded: At the time that Israel went up from the sea, they wanted to sing, and the Divine Spirit came to them and they sang. How? They sang it like the Hallel HaGadol (Psalm 136) is sung in synagogues- the leader sings, and everyone else responds. Moshe said "I will sing to Adonai!", and Israel responded "I will sing to Adonai!". Moses said "God is my strength and my salvation!" and Israel responded, "I will sing to Adonai!". Moses said "Adonai is a Warrior!" and Israel said "I will sing to Adonai!". Rabbi Eliezer son of Rabbi Yosi HaGalili said: It's like a kid who reads the Hallel in a school- the leader says it, and the child responds afterwards with each and every word. Moses said, "I will sing to Adonai!", and Israel said "I will sing to Adonai!" Moses said, "God is my strength and my salvation!" and Israel responded, "God is my strength and my salvation!" etc. Rabbi Nechemiah said: It was like the way people read Sh'ma in synagogues, as it says, "Thus sang Moshe and the Children of Israel, etc." [It was that] Moshe opened with a phrase, and Israel answered after him and completed it with him. Moshe said "Thus sang..." and Israel responded "I will sing to Adonai, for God has triumphed gloriously!" Moshe said "God is my strength and my salvation" and Israel responded "This is my God, Whom I will glorify!" Moshe said, "Adonai is a Warrior!" and Israel said "Adonai is God's Name!" etc. Rabbi Yosei HaGalili says, as soon as Israel ascended from the sea and saw their enemies, [their] dead bodies cast out upon the shore, all of them resolved to sing [a song of gratitude]. [Even] a baby lying on its mother's lap [or an infant nursing from its mother's breast], as soon they saw the Divine Presence, the baby straightened its neck, and the infant dropped its mother's breast from its mouth, and they all responded in song, and they said, "This is my God and I will glorify Him" (Ex. 15:2). Rabbi Meir says, from where is it derived that even fetuses in their mother's womb recited the song? As it is said (Ps. 68:27), "In full assemblies, bless God, the Lord, you that are from the source of Israel" (Sot. 31a:1 (Steinsaltz tr.). And that the infant dropped its mother's breast and recited the song? As it is said (Ps. 8:3), "From the mouths of babes and sucklings [You have found strength]."