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1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
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On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
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“When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the LORD!
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
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“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the LORD; I will praise the LORD, the God of Israel, in song.
4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
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“When you, LORD, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.
5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
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The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
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“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
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Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel.
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