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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 the LORD. |
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Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, {cf15i even} I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel. |
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LORD, 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 flowed down at the presence of the LORD, even yon Sinai at the presence of the LORD, 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 the LORD. |
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Tell {cf15i 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 the LORD, {cf15i even} the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates. |
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Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. |
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Then came down a remnant of the nobles {cf15i and} the people; the LORD came down for me against the mighty. |
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Out of Ephraim {cf15i 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 satest 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 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 Meggido: they took no gain of money. |
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They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses 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 pransings, the pransings of their strong ones. |
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Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD 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, {cf15i and} she gave him milk; she brought him butter in a lordly dish. |
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She put her hand to the nail, 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 {cf15i 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 divers colours, a spoil of divers colours of embroidery, of divers colours of embroidery on both sides, on the necks of the spoil? |
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So let all thine enemies perish, {cf15i O LORD}: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. |
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