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Judges - ch 5 v 1 - 20
- Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
- For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah.
- 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.
- 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.
- The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
- In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.
- The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
- They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
- My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.
- Tell `of it', ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
- 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.
- Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
- Then came down a remnant of the nobles `and' the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.
- 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.
- 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.
- Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
- 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.
- Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
- The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
- From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.
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