The Song of Deborah and Barak
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"Hear, O
kings ;
give ear, O
rulers ! I-to the
LORD, I will
sing, I will
sing praise to the
LORD, the
God of
Israel.
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"
New gods were
chosen ;
Then war was in the
gates. Not a
shield or a
spear was
seen Among
forty thousand in
Israel.
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"My
heart goes out to the
commanders of
Israel, The
volunteers among the
people ;
Bless the
LORD !
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" You who
ride on
white donkeys, You who
sit on rich
carpets, And you who
travel on the
road -
sing !
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"From
Ephraim those whose
root is in
Amalek came down,
Following you,
Benjamin, with your
peoples ; From
Machir commanders came down, And from
Zebulun those who
wield the
staff of
office.
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"And the
princes of
Issachar were with
Deborah ; As was
Issachar,
so was
Barak ; Into the
valley they
rushed at his
heels ; Among the
divisions of
Reuben There were
great resolves of
heart.
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"
Zebulun was a
people who
despised their
lives even to
death, And
Naphtali also, on the
high places of the
field.
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'Curse Meroz,'
said the
angel of the
LORD,
'Utterly curse its
inhabitants ;
Because they did not
come to the
help of the
LORD, To the
help of the
LORD against the
warriors.'
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" Most
blessed of
women is
Jael, The
wife of
Heber the
Kenite ; Most
blessed is she of
women in the
tent.
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"He
asked for
water and she
gave him
milk ; In a
magnificent bowl she
brought him
curds.
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"She
reached out her
hand for the
tent peg, And her
right hand for the
workmen's hammer. Then she
struck Sisera, she
smashed his
head ; And she
shattered and
pierced his
temple.
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"Her
wise princesses would
answer her,
Indeed she
repeats her
words to herself,
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'hy,r'm]a
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"
Thus let
all Your
enemies perish, O
LORD ; But let those who
love Him be like the
rising of the
sun in its
might." And the
land was
undisturbed for
forty years.