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141 lines
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The Song of Deborah and Barak
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# Chapter 5
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1. Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:
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2. "That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
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that the people offered themselves willingly,
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bless the LORD!
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3. "Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;
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to the LORD I will sing;
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I will make melody to the LORD, the God of Israel.
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4. "LORD, when you went out from Seir,
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when you marched from the region of Edom,
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the earth trembled
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and the heavens dropped,
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yes, the clouds dropped water.
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5. The mountains quaked before the LORD,
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even Sinai before the LORD, the God of Israel.
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6. "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,
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in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,
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and travelers kept to the byways.
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7. The villagers ceased in Israel;
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they ceased to be until I arose;
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I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
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8. When new gods were chosen,
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then war was in the gates.
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Was shield or spear to be seen
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among forty thousand in Israel?
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9. My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel
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who offered themselves willingly among the people.
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Bless the LORD.
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10. "Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys,
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you who sit on rich carpets
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and you who walk by the way.
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11. To the sound of musicians at the watering places,
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there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the LORD,
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the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel.
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"Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD.
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12. "Awake, awake, Deborah!
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Awake, awake, break out in a song!
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Arise, Barak, lead away your captives,
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O son of Abinoam.
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13. Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
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the people of the LORD marched down for me against the mighty.
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14. From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley,
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following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
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from Machir marched down the commanders,
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and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant's staff;
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15. the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
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and Issachar faithful to Barak;
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into the valley they rushed at his heels.
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Among the clans of Reuben
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there were great searchings of heart.
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16. Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds,
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to hear the whistling for the flocks?
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Among the clans of Reuben
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there were great searchings of heart.
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17. Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
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and Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
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Asher sat still at the coast of the sea,
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staying by his landings.
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18. Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
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Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
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19. "The kings came, they fought;
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then fought the kings of Canaan,
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at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
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they got no spoils of silver.
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20. From heaven the stars fought,
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from their courses they fought against Sisera.
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21. The torrent Kishon swept them away,
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the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
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March on, my soul, with might!
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22. "Then loud beat the horses' hoofs
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with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
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23. "Curse Meroz, says the angel of the LORD,
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curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
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because they did not come to the help of the LORD,
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to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
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24. "Most blessed of women be Jael,
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the wife of Heber the Kenite,
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of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
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25. He asked for water and she gave him milk;
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she brought him curds in a noble's bowl.
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26. She sent her hand to the tent peg
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and her right hand to the workmen's mallet;
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she struck Sisera;
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she crushed his head;
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she shattered and pierced his temple.
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27. Between her feet
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he sank, he fell, he lay still;
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between her feet
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he sank, he fell;
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where he sank,
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there he fell--dead.
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28. "Out of the window she peered,
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the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice:
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'Why is his chariot so long in coming?
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Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?'
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29. Her wisest princesses answer,
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indeed, she answers herself,
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30. 'Have they not found and divided the spoil?--
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A womb or two for every man;
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spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
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spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
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two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?'
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31. "So may all your enemies perish, O LORD!
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But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might."
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And the land had rest for forty years.
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