Judges:5

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* Then sang Deb 'orah and Barak the son of Abin 'o-am on that day : * "That the leaders took the lead in Israel , that the people offered themselves willingly , bless the LORD ! * "Hear , O kings ; give ear , O princes ; to the LORD I will sing , I will make melody to the LORD , the God of Israel . * "LORD , when thou didst go forth from Se 'ir , when thou didst march from the region of Edom , the earth trembled , and the heavens dropped , yea , the clouds dropped water . * The mountains quaked before the LORD , yon Sinai before the LORD , the God of Israel . * "In the days of Shamgar , son of Anath , in the days of Ja 'el , caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways . * The peasantry ceased in Israel , they ceased until you arose , Deb 'orah , arose as a mother in Israel . * When new gods were chosen , then war was in the gates . Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel ? * My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people . Bless the LORD . * "Tell of it , you who ride on tawny asses , you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way . * To the sound of musicians at the watering places , there they repeat the triumphs of the LORD , the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel . "Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD . * "Awake , awake , Deb 'orah ! Awake , awake , utter a song ! Arise , Barak , lead away your captives , O son of Abin 'o-am . * Then down marched the remnant of the noble ; the people of the LORD marched down for him against the mighty . * From E 'phraim they set out thither into the valley , following you , Benjamin , with your kinsmen ; from Machir marched down the commanders , and from Zeb 'ulun those who bear the marshal 's staff ; * the princes of Is 'sachar came with Deb 'orah , and Is 'sachar faithful to Barak ; into the valley they rushed forth at his heels . Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart . * Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds , to hear the piping for the flocks ? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart . * Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan ; and Dan , why did he abide with the ships ? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea , settling down by his landings . * Zeb 'ulun is a people that jeoparded their lives to the death ; Naph 'tali too , on the heights of the field . * "The kings came , they fought ; then fought the kings of Canaan , at Ta 'anach , by the waters of Megid 'do ; they got no spoils of silver . * From heaven fought the stars , from their courses they fought against Sis 'era . * The torrent Kishon swept them away , the onrushing torrent , the torrent Kishon . March on , my soul , with might ! * "Then loud beat the horses ' hoofs with the galloping , galloping of his steeds . * "Curse Meroz , says the angel of the LORD , curse bitterly its inhabitants , because they came not to the help of the LORD , to the help of the LORD against the mighty . * "Most blessed of women be Ja 'el , the wife of Heber the Ken 'ite , of tent-dwelling women most blessed . * He asked water and she gave him milk , she brought him curds in a lordly bowl . * She put her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workmen 's mallet ; she struck Sis 'era a blow , she crushed his head , she shattered and pierced his temple . * He sank , he fell , he lay still at her feet ; at her feet he sank , he fell ; where he sank , there he fell dead . * "Out of the window she peered , the mother of Sis 'era gazed through the lattice : `Why is his chariot so long in coming ? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots ?' * Her wisest ladies make answer , nay , she gives answer to herself , * `Are they not finding and dividing the spoil ?--A maiden or two for every man ; spoil of dyed stuffs for Sis 'era , spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered , two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil ?' * "So perish all thine enemies , O LORD ! But thy friends be like the sun as he rises in his might ." And the land had rest for forty years .

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