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Judges 5
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Deborah’s Song

5On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang:H7891H1683H1301H1121H42H3117H559
2When the leaders lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, praise the LORD.H1288H3068H6544H6546H3478H5971H5068
3Listen, kings! Pay attention, princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.H8085H4428H238H7336H7891H3068H2167H3068H430H3478
4LORD, when You came from Seir, when You marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured [rain], the clouds poured water.H3068H3318H8165H6805H7704H123H776H7493H8064H5197H5645H5197H4325
5The mountains melted before the LORD, even Sinai before the LORD, the God of Israel.H2022H5140H6440H3068H5514H6440H3068H430H3478
6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main ways were deserted, because travelers kept to the side roads.H3117H8044H1121H6067H3117H3278H734H2308H1980H3212H6128H5410
7Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, I arose, a mother in Israel.H6520H2308H2308H3478H1683H6965H6965H517H3478
8Israel chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Not a shield or spear was seen among 40,000 in Israel.H977H2319H430H3901H8179H4043H7420H7200H705H505H3478
9My heart is with the leaders of Israel, with the volunteers of the people. Praise the LORD!H3820H2710H3478H5068H5971H1288H3068
10You who ride on white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who travel on the road, give praise!H7878H7392H6715H860H3427H4055H1980H1870
11Let them tell the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His warriors in Israel, with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the LORD's people went down to the gates.H6963H2686H4857H8567H6666H3068H6666H6520H3478H5971H3068H3381H8179
12"Awake! Awake, Deborah! Awake! Awake, sing a song! Arise Barak, and take hold of your captives, son of Abinoam!"H5782H5782H1683H5782H5782H1696H7892H6965H1301H7628H7617H1121H42
13The survivors came down to the nobles; the LORD's people came down to me with the warriors.H8300H7287H117H5971H3068H7287H1368
14Those with their roots in Amalek [came] from Ephraim; Benjamin [came with] your people after you. The leaders came down from Machir, and those who carry a marshal's staff [came] from Zebulun.H669H8328H6002H310H1144H5971H4353H3381H2710H2074H4900H7626H5608
15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; Issachar was with Barak. They set out at his heels in the valley. There was great searching of heart among the clans of Reuben.H8269H3485H1683H3485H1301H7971H7272H6010H6390H7205H1419H2711H3820
16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds listening to the playing of pipes for the flocks? There was great searching of heart among the clans of Reuben.H3427H996H4942H8085H8292H5739H6390H7205H1419H2714H3820
17Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger at the ships? Asher remained at the seashore and stayed in his harbors.H1568H7931H5676H3383H1835H1481H591H836H3427H3220H2348H7931H4664
18Zebulun was a people risking their lives, Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.H2074H5321H5971H2778H5315H4191H4791H7704
19Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no spoil of silver.H4428H935H3898H3898H4428H3667H8590H4325H4023H3947H1215H3701
20The stars fought from the heavens; the stars fought with Sisera from their courses.H3898H8064H3556H4546H3898H5516
21The river Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul, in strength!H5158H7028H1640H6917H5158H5158H7028H5315H1869H5797
22The horses' hooves then hammered— the galloping, galloping of his stallions.H6119H5483H1986H1726H1726H47
23"Curse Meroz," says the Angel of the LORD, "Bitterly curse her inhabitants, for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty warriors."H779H4789H559H4397H3068H779H779H3427H935H5833H3068H5833H3068H1368
24Jael is most blessed of women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.H1288H802H3278H802H2268H7017H1288H802H168
25He asked for water; she gave him milk. She brought him curdled milk in a majestic bowl.H7592H4325H5414H2461H7126H2529H117H5602
26She reached for a tent peg, her right hand, for a workman's mallet. Then she hammered Sisera— she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple.H7971H3027H3489H3225H6001H1989H1986H5516H4277H7218H4272H2498H7541
27He collapsed, he fell, he lay down at her feet; he collapsed, he fell at her feet; where he collapsed, there he fell— dead.H7272H3766H5307H7901H7272H3766H5307H834H3766H5307H7703
28Sisera's mother looked through the window; she [peered] through the lattice, crying out: "Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why don't I hear the hoofbeats of his horses?"H517H5516H8259H2474H2980H822H7393H954H935H309H6471H4818
29Her wisest princesses answer her; she even answers herself:H2450H8282H6030H7725H561
30"Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, the spoil of colored garments for Sisera, the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck?"H4672H2505H7998H7218H1397H7356H7361H5516H7998H6648H7998H6648H7553H6648H7553H6677H7998
31LORD, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did. But may those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its strength. And the land was peaceful 40 years.H341H6H3068H157H8121H3318H1369H776H8252H705H8141


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