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And Deborah, and Barak the son of Abinoam, sang in that◦ day, saying:
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In exposing they exposed themselves in Israel,
when the people of their free··will offered themselves,
bless ye Jehovah!
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Hear, ye kings;
give··ear, ye rulers◦.
I▵, even I▵ will sing to Jehovah;
I will sing··psalms to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
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Jehovah, when Thou wentest··out from Seir,
when Thou didst march from the field of Edom,
the land quaked, even the heavens dropped··down,
even the thick··clouds dropped··down waters.
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The mountains streamed down from before Jehovah,
this Sinai from before Jehovah the God of Israel.
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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the paths stopped,
and those who walked on trails went by crooked paths.
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The country··roads in Israel stopped,
they stopped,
until I, Deborah, arose,
I arose a mother in Israel.
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They chose new gods;
then there was a fight at the gates;
was there seen a shield or◦ a lance
among◦ forty thousand in Israel?
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My heart is toward◦ the lawgivers of Israel
who offered· themselves ·willingly among◦ the people.
Bless ye Jehovah!
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Ye who ride on white she··donkeys,
ye who sit on Middin*,
and ye who walk on the way, contemplate.
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From the voice of the archers between the drawings of water;
there shall they commemorate◦ the just acts of Jehovah,
the just acts of His country··roads in Israel,
then the people of Jehovah went··down to the gates.
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Stir thyself, stir thyself, Deborah,
stir thyself, stir thyself, give··word to a song:
Arise, Barak, take··captive thy captivity, thou son of Abinoam.
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Then▵ shall the survivor have··dominion for the magnificent of the people;
Jehovah shall have··dominion for me among◦ the mighty.
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Out··of Ephraim whose root was in Amalek,
after thee, Benjamin among thy peoples;
out··of Machir came··down thy lawgivers,
and out··of Zebulun they who draw the scepter of a scribe,
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and my princes in Issachar were with▵ Deborah;
as was Issachar, so was Barak;
into the valley he was sent on his feet.
In the divisions of Reuben there were great statutes of heart.
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Why didst thou sit between the packs
to hear the hissings of the droves?
For the divisions of Reuben
there were great searchings··out of the heart.
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Gilead inhabited the crossing of the Jordan;
and Dan, why was· he ·afraid of ships?
Asher dwelt by◦ the coast of the seas,
and inhabited its inlets.
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Zebulun was a people that disdained* his soul to die*,
and Naphtali on the high places of the field.
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The kings came, they fought;
then▵ fought the kings of Canaan;
In Taanach by◦ the waters of Megiddo;
they took no◦ gain of silver.
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They fought from the heavens,
the stars from their highways fought with Sisera.
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The brook Kishon hurtled··at them;
the ancient brook, the brook Kishon.
Tread, O my soul, with strength.
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Then were the heels of the horse pounded··down from the trotting,
the trotting of his stout ones.
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Curse ye Meroz, says the angel of Jehovah;
cursing, curse her dwellers;
for they came not to the help of Jehovah,
to the help of Jehovah against◦ the mighty.
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Blessed above women be Jael the wife of Cheber the Kenite;
Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
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Water he asked, milk she gave;
she offered butter in the dish◦ of the magnificent.
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She put··forth◦ her hand to the peg,
and her right··hand to what the laborer uses to pound··down;
and pounded··down upon Sisera,
beat· the peg ·into his head;
it struck◦ and passed··through◦ his temple.
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Between her feet he stooped, he fell;
he lay··down; Between her feet he stooped, he fell;
where he stooped, he fell devastated.
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Through the window she gazed and exclaimed,
the mother of Sisera, through the lattice;
Wherefore does his chariot delay◦ in coming?
Wherefore does the pace* of his chariot delay?
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The wise of her princesses answered,
Yea, she◦ returned her sayings to herself:
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Have they not found,
and parted the spoil?
a virgin▵*, two··virgins▵ for the head mighty··man;
a spoil of colors?
To Sisera a spoil of colored embroidery,
of colored embroideries
for the necks of the spoil?
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So let all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah,
but let those who love Him be as the sun going··out in its might.
And the land was quiet forty years.
