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# Chapter 5
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1 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:
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2 “When leaders lead in Israel,
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When the people willingly offer themselves,
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Bless the Lord!
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3 “Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes!
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I, even I, will sing to the Lord;
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I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
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4 “Lord, when You went out from Seir,
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When You marched from the field of Edom,
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The earth trembled and the heavens poured,
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The clouds also poured water;
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5 The mountains gushed before the Lord,
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This Sinai, before the Lord 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,
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The highways were deserted,
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And the travelers walked along the byways.
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7 Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel,
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Until I, Deborah, arose,
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Arose a mother in Israel.
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8 They chose new gods;
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Then there was war in the gates;
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Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
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9 My heart is with the rulers of Israel
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Who offered themselves willingly with the people.
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Bless the Lord!
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10 “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys,
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Who sit in judges’ attire,
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And who walk along the road.
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11 Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places,
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There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord,
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The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel;
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Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.
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12 “Awake, awake, Deborah!
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Awake, awake, sing a song!
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Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away,
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O son of Abinoam!
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13 “Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles;
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The Lord came down for me against the mighty.
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14 From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek.
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After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
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From Machir rulers came down,
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And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.
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15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
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As Issachar, so was Barak
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Sent into the valley under his command;
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Among the divisions of Reuben
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There were great resolves of heart.
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16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
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To hear the pipings for the flocks?
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The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
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17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan,
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And why did Dan remain on ships?
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Asher continued at the seashore,
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And stayed by his inlets.
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18 Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
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Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
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19 “The kings came and fought,
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Then the kings of Canaan fought
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In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
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They took no spoils of silver.
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20 They fought from the heavens;
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The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.
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21 The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
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That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
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O my soul, march on in strength!
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22 Then the horses’ hooves pounded,
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The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
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23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord,
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‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
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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 among women is Jael,
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The wife of Heber the Kenite;
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Blessed is she among women in tents.
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25 He asked for water, she gave milk;
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She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.
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26 She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
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Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
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She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
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She split and struck through his temple.
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27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
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At her feet he sank, he fell;
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Where he sank, there he fell dead.
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28 “The mother of Sisera looked through the window,
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And cried out through the lattice,
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‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
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Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
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29 Her wisest ladies answered her,
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Yes, she answered herself,
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30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:
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To every man a girl or two;
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For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
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Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
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Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’
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31 “Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord!
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But let those who love Him be like the sun
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When it comes out in full strength.”
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So the land had rest for forty years. |