5THEN SANG Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam on that day, saying,H7891H1683H1301H1121H42H3117H5592For the leaders who took the lead in Israel, for the people who offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord!H1288H3068H6544H6546H3478H5971H50683Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I will sing to the Lord. I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.H8085H4428H238H7336H7891H3068H2167H3068H430H34784Lord, when You went forth out of Seir, when You marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens also dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.H3068H3318H8165H6805H7704H123H776H7493H8064H5197H5645H5197H43255The mountains quaked at the presence of the Lord, yes, yonder Sinai at the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.H2022H5140H6440H3068H5514H6440H3068H430H34786After the days of Shamgar son of Anath, after the days of Jael [meaning here Ehud] the caravans ceased, travelers walked through byways.H3117H8044H1121H6067H3117H3278H734H2308H1980H3212H6128H54107The villages were unoccupied {and} rulers ceased in Israel until you arose--you, Deborah, arose--a mother in Israel.H6520H2308H2308H3478H1683H6965H6965H517H34788[Formerly] they chose new gods; then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among 40,000 in Israel?H977H2319H430H3901H8179H4043H7420H7200H705H505H34789My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the Lord!H3820H2710H3478H5068H5971H1288H306810Tell of it--you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.H7878H7392H6715H860H3427H4055H1980H187011Far from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates.H6963H2686H4857H8567H6666H3068H6666H6520H3478H5971H3068H3381H817912Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.H5782H5782H1683H5782H5782H1696H7892H6965H1301H7628H7617H1121H4213Then down marched the remnant of the nobles, the people of the Lord marched down for Me against the mighty.H8300H7287H117H5971H3068H7287H136814Out of Ephraim they came down whose root is in Amalek, after you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen. Out of Machir came down commanders {and} lawgivers, and out of Zebulun those who handle the pen {or} stylus of the writer.H669H8328H6002H310H1144H5971H4353H3381H2710H2074H4900H7626H560815And the princes of Issachar came with Deborah, and Issachar was faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his heels. [But] among the clans of Reuben were great searchings of heart.H8269H3485H1683H3485H1301H7971H7272H6010H6390H7205H1419H2711H382016Why [Reuben] did you linger among the sheepfolds listening to the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.H3427H996H4942H8085H8292H5739H6390H7205H1419H2714H382017Gilead remained beyond the Jordan, and why did Dan stay with the ships? Asher sat still on the seacoast and remained by his creeks. [These came not forth to battle for God's people.]H1568H7931H5676H3383H1835H1481H591H836H3427H3220H2348H7931H466418But Zebulun was a people who endangered their lives to the death; Naphtali did also on the heights of the field.H2074H5321H5971H2778H5315H4191H4791H770419The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. Gain of booty they did not obtain.H4428H935H3898H3898H4428H3667H8590H4325H4023H3947H1215H370120From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.H3898H8064H3556H4546H3898H551621The torrent Kishon swept [the foe] away, the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength!H5158H7028H1640H6917H5158H5158H7028H5315H1869H579722Then the horses' hoofs beat loudly because of the galloping of [fleeing] valiant riders.H6119H5483H1986H1726H1726H4723Curse Meroz, said the messenger of the Lord. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty!H779H4789H559H4397H3068H779H779H3427H935H5833H3068H5833H3068H136824Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.H1288H802H3278H802H2268H7017H1288H802H16825[Sisera] asked for water, and she gave [him] milk; she brought him curds in a lordly dish.H7592H4325H5414H2461H7126H2529H117H560226She put her [left] hand to the tent pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. And with the wooden hammer she smote Sisera, she smote his head, yes, she struck and pierced his temple.H7971H3027H3489H3225H6001H1989H1986H5516H4277H7218H4272H2498H754127He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell--dead!H7272H3766H5307H7901H7272H3766H5307H834H3766H5307H770328The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and wailed through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots tarry?H517H5516H8259H2474H2980H822H7393H954H935H309H6471H481829Her wise ladies answered her, yet she repeated her words to herself,H2450H8282H6030H7725H56130Have they not found and been dividing the spoil? A maiden or two for every man, a spoil of dyed garments for Sisera, a spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil?H4672H2505H7998H7218H1397H7356H7361H5516H7998H6648H7998H6648H7553H6648H7553H6677H799831So let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun when it rises in its might. And the land had peace {and} rest for forty years.H341H6H3068H157H8121H3318H1369H776H8252H705H8141
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