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chapter 5
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that day Debbora and Barac son of Abinoem sung, and said:
2 O you of Israel, that have willingly offered your
lives to danger, bless the Lord.
3 Hear, O ye kings, give ear, ye princes: It is I, it
is I, that will sing to the Lord, I will sing to the Lord the God of Israel.
4 O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst
by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped water.
5 The mountains melted before the face of the Lord, and
Sinai before the face of the Lord the God of Israel.
6 In the days of Samgar the son of Anath, in the days
of Jahel the paths rested: and they that went by them, walked through by-ways.
7 The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until
Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.
8 The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the
gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of
Israel.
9 My heart loveth the princes of Israel: O you that of
your own good will offered yourselves to danger, bless the Lord.
10 Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that
sit in judgment, and walk in the way.
11 Where the chariots were dashed together, and the
army of the enemies was choked, there let the justices of the Lord be
rehearsed, and his clemency towards the brave men of Israel: then the people of
the Lord went down to the gates, and obtained the sovereignty.
12 Arise, arise, O Debbora, arise, arise, and utter a
canticle. Arise, Barac, and take hold of thy captives, O son of Abinoem.
13 The remnants of the people are saved, the Lord hath
fought among the valiant ones.
14 Out of Ephraim he destroyed them into Amalec, and
after him out of Benjamin into thy people, O Amalec: Out of Machir there came
down princes, and out of Zabulon they that led the army to fight.
15 The captains of Issachar were with Debbora, and
followed the steps of Barac, who exposed himself to danger, as one going
headlong, and into a pit. Ruben being divided against himself, there was found
a strife of courageous men.
16 Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayest
hear the bleatings of the flocks? Ruben being divided against himself, there
was found a strife of courageous men.
17 Galaad rested beyond the Jordan, and Dan applied
himself to ships: Aser dwelt on the sea shore, and abode in the havens.
18 But Zabulon and Nephtali offered their lives to
death in the region of Merome.
19 The kings came and fought, the kings of Chanaan
fought in Thanach by the waters of Mageddo, and yet they took no spoils.
20 War from heaven was made against them, the stars
remaining in their order and courses fought against Sisara.
21 The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the
torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cisoii: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong
ones.
22 The hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the
stoutest of the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down.
23 Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the
Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the
Lord, to help his most valiant men.
24 Blessed among women be Jahel the wife of Haber the
Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.
25 He asked her water and she gave him milk, and
offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.
26 She put her left hand to the nail, and her right
hand to the workman's hammer, and she struck Sisara, seeking in his head a
place for the wound, and strongly piercing through his temples.
27 At her feet he fell: he fainted, and he died: he
rolled before her feet, and he lay lifeless and wretched.
28 His mother looked out at a window, and howled: and
she spoke from the dining room: Why is his chariot so long in coming back? Why
are the feet of his horses so slow?
29 One that was wiser than the rest of his wives,
returned this answer to her mother in law:
30 Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils, and the
fairest of the women is chosen out for him: garments of divers colours are
given to Sisara for his prey, and furniture of different kinds is heaped
together to adorn the necks.
31 So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them
that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising.
32 And the land rested for forty years.
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