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Then sang[H7891]Deborah[H1683] and Barak[H1301] the son[H1121] of Abinoam[H42] on that day[H3117], saying[H559],
2Praise[H1288] ye the LORD[H3068] for the avenging[H6544] of Israel[H3478], when the people[H5971] willingly offered[H5068] themselves.
3Hear[H8085], O ye kings[H4428]; give ear[H238], O ye princes[H7336]; I, even I, will sing[H7891] unto the LORD[H3068]; I will sing[H2167] praise to the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
4LORD[H3068], when thou wentest out[H3318] of Seir[H8165], when thou marchedst out[H6805] of the field[H7704] of Edom[H123], the earth[H776]trembled[H7493], and the heavens[H8064]dropped[H5197], the clouds[H5645] also dropped[H5197]water[H4325].
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The mountains[H2022]melted[H5140] from before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], even that Sinai[H5514] from before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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In the days[H3117] of Shamgar[H8044] the son[H1121] of Anath[H6067], in the days[H3117] of Jael[H3278], the highways[H734] were unoccupied[H2308], and the travellers[H1980]walked[H3212] through byways[H6128].
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The inhabitants of the villages[H6520]ceased[H2308], they ceased[H2308] in Israel[H3478], until that I Deborah[H1683]arose[H6965], that I arose[H6965] a mother[H517] in Israel[H3478].
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They chose[H977]new[H2319]gods[H430]; then was war[H3901] in the gates[H8179]: was there a shield[H4043] or spear[H7420]seen[H7200] among forty[H705]thousand[H505] in Israel?[H3478]
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My heart[H3820] is toward the governors[H2710] of Israel[H3478], that offered themselves willingly[H5068] among the people[H5971]. Bless[H1288] ye the LORD[H3068].
10Speak[H7878], ye that ride[H7392] on white[H6715]asses[H860], ye that sit[H3427] in judgment[H4055], and walk[H1980] by the way[H1870].
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They that are delivered from the noise[H6963] of archers[H2686] in the places of drawing water[H4857], there shall they rehearse[H8567] the righteous acts[H6666] of the LORD[H3068], even the righteous acts[H6666] toward the inhabitants of his villages[H6520] in Israel[H3478]: then shall the people[H5971] of the LORD[H3068] go down[H3381] to the gates[H8179].
12Awake[H5782], awake[H5782], Deborah[H1683]: awake[H5782], awake[H5782], utter[H1696] a song[H7892]: arise[H6965], Barak[H1301], and lead thy captivity[H7628]captive[H7617], thou son[H1121] of Abinoam[H42].
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Then he made him that remaineth[H8300] have dominion[H7287] over the nobles[H117] among the people[H5971]: the LORD[H3068] made me have dominion[H7287] over the mighty[H1368].
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Out of Ephraim[H669] was there a root[H8328] of them against Amalek[H6002]; after[H310] thee, Benjamin[H1144], among thy people[H5971]; out of Machir[H4353] came down[H3381]governors[H2710], and out of Zebulun[H2074] they that handle[H4900] the pen[H7626] of the writer[H5608].
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And the princes[H8269] of Issachar[H3485] were with Deborah[H1683]; even Issachar[H3485], and also Barak[H1301]: he was sent[H7971] on foot[H7272] into the valley[H6010]. For the divisions[H6390] of Reuben[H7205] there were great[H1419]thoughts[H2711] of heart[H3820].
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Why abodest[H3427] thou among[H996] the sheepfolds[H4942], to hear[H8085] the bleatings[H8292] of the flocks?[H5739] For the divisions[H6390] of Reuben[H7205] there were great[H1419]searchings[H2714] of heart[H3820].
17Gilead[H1568]abode[H7931]beyond[H5676]Jordan[H3383]: and why did Dan[H1835]remain[H1481] in ships?[H591]Asher[H836]continued[H3427] on the sea[H3220]shore[H2348], and abode[H7931] in his breaches[H4664].
18Zebulun[H2074] and Naphtali[H5321] were a people[H5971] that jeoparded[H2778] their lives[H5315] unto the death[H4191] in the high places[H4791] of the field[H7704].
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The kings[H4428]came[H935] and fought[H3898], then fought[H3898] the kings[H4428] of Canaan[H3667] in Taanach[H8590] by the waters[H4325] of Megiddo[H4023]; they took[H3947] no gain[H1215] of money[H3701].
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They fought[H3898] from heaven[H8064]; the stars[H3556] in their courses[H4546]fought[H3898] against Sisera[H5516].
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The river[H5158] of Kishon[H7028] swept them away[H1640], that ancient[H6917]river[H5158], the river[H5158]Kishon[H7028]. O my soul[H5315], thou hast trodden down[H1869]strength[H5797].
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Then were the horsehoofs[H6119]broken[H1986] by the means of the pransings[H1726], the pransings[H1726] of their mighty ones[H47].
23Curse[H779] ye Meroz[H4789], said[H559] the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068], curse[H779] ye bitterly[H779] the inhabitants[H3427] thereof; because they came[H935] not to the help[H5833] of the LORD[H3068], to the help[H5833] of the LORD[H3068] against the mighty[H1368].
24Blessed[H1288] above women[H802] shall Jael[H3278] the wife[H802] of Heber[H2268] the Kenite[H7017] be, blessed[H1288] shall she be above women[H802] in the tent[H168].
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He asked[H7592]water[H4325], and she gave[H5414] him milk[H2461]; she brought forth[H7126]butter[H2529] in a lordly[H117]dish[H5602].
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She put[H7971] her hand[H3027] to the nail[H3489], and her right hand[H3225] to the workmen's hammer[H1989]; and with the hammer[H1989] she smote[H1986]Sisera[H5516], she smote[H1986]off[H4277] his head[H7218], when she had pierced[H4272] and stricken through[H2498] his temples[H7541].
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At her feet[H7272] he bowed[H3766], he fell[H5307], he lay down[H7901]: at her feet[H7272] he bowed[H3766], he fell[H5307]: where[H834] he bowed[H3766], there he fell[H5307]down[H5307]dead[H7703].
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The mother[H517] of Sisera[H5516]looked[H8259] out at a window[H2474], and cried[H2980] through the lattice[H822], Why is his chariot[H7393] so long[H954] in coming?[H935] why tarry[H309] the wheels[H6471] of his chariots?[H4818]
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Her wise[H2450]ladies[H8282]answered[H6030] her, yea, she returned[H7725]answer[H561] to herself,
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Have they not sped?[H4672] have they not divided[H2505] the prey[H7998]; to every[H7218]man[H1397] a damsel[H7356] or two[H7361]; to Sisera[H5516] a prey[H7998] of divers colours[H6648], a prey[H7998] of divers colours[H6648] of needlework[H7553], of divers colours[H6648] of needlework[H7553] on both sides[H7553], meet for the necks[H6677] of them that take the spoil?[H7998]
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So let all thine enemies[H341]perish[H6], O LORD[H3068]: but let them that love[H157] him be as the sun[H8121] when he goeth forth[H3318] in his might[H1369]. And the land[H776] had rest[H8252]forty[H705]years[H8141].