will His salvation come?" questioned the people, and he told them
it would appear the following day, but they protested, "We cannot
wait until to-morrow." Then Moses prayed to God, and the Lord
showed him the angel hosts standing ready to hasten to the
assistance of the people. [22]

They were not agreed as to what they were to do. There were four
contending parties. The opinion of the first party was that they
seek death by drowning in the sea; of the second, that they return
to Egypt; the third was in favor of a pitched battle with the enemy,
and the fourth thought it would be a good plan to intimidate the
Egyptians by noise and a great hubbub. To the first Moses said,
"Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord;" to the second, "The
Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no
more forever;" to the third, "The Lord shall fight for you;" and to
the fourth, "Ye shall hold your peace." "What, then, shall we do?"
these asked their leader, and Moses answered them, saying, "Ye
shall bless, praise, extol, adore and glorify Him that is the Lord of
war!" Instead of the sword and the five sorts of arms which they
bore, they mad use of their mouth, and it was of greater avail than
all possible weapons of war. The Lord hearkened unto their prayer,
for which He had but been waiting. [23]

Moses also addressed himself to God, saying: "O Lord of the
world! I am like the shepherd who, having undertaken to pasture a
flock, has been heedless enough to drive his sheep to the edge of a
precipice, and then is in a despair how to get them down again.
Pharaoh is behind my flock Israel, in the south is Baal-zephon, in
the north Midgol, and before us the sea lies spread out. [24] Thou
knowest, O Lord, that it is beyond human strength and human