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Judges 5:5-17

5The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah,Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied,And the travellers walked through byways.7The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased,Until that I Deborah arose,That I arose a mother in Israel.8They chose new gods;Then was war in the gates:Was there a shield or spear seenAmong forty thousand in Israel?9My heart is toward the governors of Israel,That offered themselves willingly among the people:Bless ye Jehovah.10Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses,Ye that sit on rich carpets,And ye that walk by the way.11Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water,There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah,Eventhe righteous acts of his rule in Israel.Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.12Awake, awake, Deborah;Awake, awake, utter a song:Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.13Then came down a remnant of the nobles and the people;Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.14Out of Ephraimcame downthey whose root is in Amalek;After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples;Out of Machir came down governors,And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal’s staff.15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;As was Issachar, so was Barak;Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet.By the watercourses of ReubenThere were great resolves of heart.16Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds,To hear the pipings for the flocks?At the watercourses of ReubenThere were great searchings of heart.17Gilead abode beyond the Jordan:And Dan, why did he remain in ships?Asher sat still at the haven of the sea,And abode by his creeks.

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