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1Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day , saying,
2“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel ,
because the people offered themselves willingly ,
be blessed , LORD !
3“Hear , you kings !
Give ear , you princes !
I , even I , will sing to the LORD .
I will sing praise to the LORD , the God of Israel .
4“LORD , when you went out of Seir ,
when you marched out of the field of Edom,
the earth trembled , the sky also dropped .
Yes , the clouds dropped water .
5The mountains quaked at the LORD ’s presence ,
even Sinai at the presence of 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 .
The travellers walked through byways .
7The rulers ceased in Israel .
They ceased until I , Deborah , arose ;
Until I arose a mother in Israel .
8They chose new gods.
Then war was in the gates .
Was there a shield or spear seen amongst forty thousand in Israel ?
9My heart is towards the governors of Israel ,
who offered themselves willingly amongst the people .
Bless the LORD !
10“Speak , you who ride on white donkeys,
you who sit on rich carpets ,
and you who walk by the way .
11Far from the noise of archers , in the places of drawing water ,
there they will rehearse the LORD ’s righteous acts ,
the righteous acts of his rule in Israel .
“Then the LORD ’s people went down to the gates .
12‘Awake , awake , Deborah !
Awake , awake , utter a song !
Arise , Barak , and lead away your captives , you son of Abinoam.’
13“Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down.
The LORD came down for me against the mighty .
14Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim,
after you , Benjamin , amongst your peoples .
Governors come down out of Machir .
Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun .
15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah .
As was Issachar , so was Barak .
They rushed into the valley at his feet .
By the watercourses of Reuben ,
there were great resolves of heart .
16Why did you sit amongst the sheepfolds ?
To hear the whistling for the flocks ?
At the watercourses of Reuben ,
there were great searchings of heart .
17Gilead lived beyond the Jordan .
Why did Dan remain in ships?
Asher sat still at the haven of the sea ,
and lived by his creeks.
18Zebulun was a people that jeopardised their lives to the death ;
Naphtali also , on the high places of the field .
19“The kings came and fought ,
then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo .
They took no plunder of silver .
20From the sky the stars fought .
From their courses , they fought against Sisera .
21The river Kishon swept them away ,
that ancient river , the river Kishon .
My soul , march on with strength .
22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing,
the prancing of their strong ones.
23‘Curse Meroz ,’ said the LORD ’s angel .
‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants ,
because they didn’t come to help the LORD ,
to help the LORD against the mighty .’
24“Jael shall be blessed above women,
the wife of Heber the Kenite ;
blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25He asked for water .
She gave him milk .
She brought him butter in a lordly dish .
26She put her hand to the tent peg ,
and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer .
With the hammer she struck Sisera .
She struck through his head .
Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples .
27At her feet he bowed , he fell , he lay .
At her feet he bowed , he fell .
Where he bowed , there he fell down dead .
28“Through the window she looked out , and cried :
Sisera ’s mother looked through the lattice.
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
29Her wise ladies answered her ,
Yes, she returned answer to herself ,
30‘Have they not found , have they not divided the plunder ?
A lady, two ladies to every man ;
to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments,
a plunder of dyed garments embroidered ,
of dyed garments embroidered on both sides , on the necks of the plunder ?’
31“So let all your enemies perish, LORD ,
but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength .”
Then the land had rest forty years .