"The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent."
The German version I read used the words which mean wrangle in place of fight, and peace along with silent. I love that.
Just think about the word wrangle for a minute and what it brings to mind. Wrangle. It reminds me of cowboys in western movie trying to get their cattle back together after the inevitable stampede. It reminds me of a mom with more than two little children at a park trying to get home to make dinner. Cleaning my room makes me think of the word wrangle. I like this word better than fight, because I feel there is more meaning to it. When one is wrangling they are working very, very hard to bring order and control back to a situation that is simply chaotic...like my bedroom.
The passage around this verse is about the Israelites at the Red Sea. Pharaoh was closing in and there was simply no place to go. They were understandably freaking out. They could either go drown in the sea, or be killed and enslaved, again, in Egypt. Not really a party. This is where verse 14 comes in. Right in the middle of chaos, Moses tells the people to chillax and that God will take care of it, if they would just shut up. Actually Moses was probably a lot more polite. "If, perchance, we could hush, I do believe the Lord may possibly have a solution to our most frightening predicament." Still not working for you?
Moses actually said, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians you see today, you shall never see again. The LORD will (wrangle) for you, and you have only to be (at peace). "
God will take care of the situation, and bring it back to where HE wants it to be. All we have to do is sit quietly and watch a Master at work.
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