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Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day , saying,
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For that the leaders took the lead in Israel , For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah .
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Hear , O ye kings ; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto Jehovah ; I will sing praise to Jehovah , the God of Israel .
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Jehovah , when thou wentest forth out of Seir , When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom , The earth trembled , the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water .
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The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah , Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah , the God of Israel .
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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.
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The rulers ceased in Israel , they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel .
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They chose new gods ; Then was war in the gates : Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel ?
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My heart is toward the governors of Israel , That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah .
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Tell [of it], ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way .
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Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah , [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel . Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates .
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Awake , Awake , Deborah; Awake , Awake , utter a song : Arise , Barak, and lead away thy captives , thou son of Abinoam.
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Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty .
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Out of Ephraim [came down ] they whose root is in Amalek; After thee, Benjamin , among thy peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.
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And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar , so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet . By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart .
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Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart .
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Gilead abode beyond the Jordan : And Dan , why did he remain in ships ? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea , And abode by his creeks.
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Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali , upon the high places of the field .
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The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan . In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo : They took no gain of money .
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From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera .
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The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river , the river Kishon. O my soul , march on with strength .
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Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
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Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah . Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah , To the help of Jehovah against the mighty .
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Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite ; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent .
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He asked water , [and] she gave him milk ; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
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She put her hand to the tent-pin , And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera , she smote through his head ; Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.
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At her feet he bowed, he fell , he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell ; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
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Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming ? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
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Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,
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Have they not found , have they not divided the spoil ? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments , A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides , on the necks of the spoil ?
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So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah : But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might . And the land had rest forty years.