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* Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day , saying , * For the leaders took the lead in Israel , For the people offered themselves willingly , Bless you (note :){+}(:note ) Yahweh . * Hear , O you (note :){+}(:note ) kings ; give ear , O you {+} princes ; I , [even ] I , will sing to Yahweh ; I will sing praise to Yahweh , the God of Israel . * Yahweh , when you went forth out of Seir , When you marched out of the field of Edom , The earth trembled , the heavens also dropped , Yes , the clouds dropped water . * The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh , this Sinai at the presence of Yahweh , the God of Israel . * In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath , In the days of Jael , the highways were unoccupied , And the travelers walked through byways . * The villagers ceased in Israel , they ceased , Until I Deborah arose , I arose a mother in Israel . * They chose new gods ; Then there was war in the gates : Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel ? * My heart is toward the governors of Israel , That offered themselves willingly among the people : Bless (note :){+}(:note ) Yahweh . * Tell [of it ], you (note :){+}(:note ) who ride on white donkeys , You {+} who sit on rich carpets , And you {+} who walk by the way . * Far from the noise of archers , in the places of drawing water , There they will rehearse the righteous acts of Yahweh , [Even ] the righteous acts of his villagers in Israel . Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates . * Awake , awake , Deborah ; Awake , awake , utter a song : Arise , Barak , and capture your captives , you son of Abinoam . * Then the survivor went down to the nobles , the people of Yahweh went down for me as warriors . * Out of Ephraim their root [is ] in Amalek ; After you , Benjamin among your peoples ; Out of Machir came down governors , And out of Zebulun those who handle the marshal 's staff . * And the princes in Issachar were with Deborah ; As was Issachar , so was Barak ; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet . By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart . * Why did you sit among the sheepfolds , To hear the pipings for the flocks ? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart . * Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan : And Dan , why did he remain in ships ? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea , And stayed by his creeks . * Zebulun was a people who jeopardized their lives to the death , And Naphtali , on the high places of the field . * The kings came and fought ; Then fought the kings of Canaan . In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo : They took no gain of money . * From heaven fought the stars , From their courses they fought against Sisera . * The river Kishon swept them away , That ancient river , the river Kishon . O my soul , march on with strength . * Then the horsehoofs stamped By reason of the prancings , the prancings of their strong ones . * Curse (note :){+}(:note ) Meroz , said the angel of Yahweh . Curse {+} bitterly its inhabitants , Because they didn 't come to the help of Yahweh , To the help of Yahweh against the mighty . * Blessed above women will Jael be , The wife of Heber the Kenite ; Blessed she will be above women in the tent . * He asked water , [and ] she gave him milk ; She brought him butter in a lordly dish . * She put her hand to the tent-pin , And her right hand to the workmen 's hammer ; And with the hammer she struck Sisera , she struck through his head ; Yes , she pierced and struck through his temples . * At her feet he bowed , he fell , he lay ; At her feet he bowed , he fell ; Where he bowed , there he fell down dead . * Through the window she looked forth , and cried , The mother of Sisera [cried ] through the lattice , Why is his chariot so long in coming ? Why do the wheels of his chariots tarry ? * Her wise ladies answered her , Yes , she returned answer to herself , * Have they not found , have they not divided the spoil ? A womb , [even ] two wombs for each chief [able-bodied ] man . A spoil of dyed garments for Sisera . A spoil of embroidered dyed garments , [even ] double embroidered dyed garments for the neck of the queen . * So let all your enemies perish , O Yahweh : But let those who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might . And the land had rest forty years .

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