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1 The song and thankesgiving of Deboráh and Barák after the victorie.

1.Then sang Deboráh, and Barák the sonne of Abinóam the same day, saying,

2.Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israél, and for the ^apeople that offred themselves willingly.

3.Heare, ye Kings, hearken ye princes: I, even I wil sing unto the Lord: I wil sing praises unto the Lord God of Israél.

4.Lord, *when thou wentest out of Seír, when thou departedst out of the field of *Edóm, the earth trembled, and the heavens rained, the clouds also dropped water.

5.*The mountaines melted before the Lord, *as did that Sinái before the Lord God of Israél.

6.In the dayes of *Shamgár the sonne of Anáth, in the dayes of *Jaél the hye wayes were ^bunoccupied, and the travellers walked through the bywayes.

7.The townes were not inhabited: they decayed, I say, in Israél, until I Deboráh came up, which rose up a ^cmother in Israél.

8.They chose newe gods: then was warre in the gates. Was there a ^dshilde or speare sene among fourtie thousand of Israél?

9.Mine heart is set on the governers of Israél, and on them that are willing among the people: praise ye the Lord.

10.Speake ye that ride on ^ewhite asses, ye that dwel ^fby Middín, and that walke by the waye.

11.For the noyse of the archers appaised among the ^gdrawers of water: there shal thei rehearse the righteousnes of the Lord, his righteousnes of his townes in Israél: then did the people of the Lord go downe to the gates.

12.Up Deboráh, up, arise, and sing a song: arise Barák, and lead ^hthy captivitie captive, thou sonne of Abinóam.

13.For they that remaine, have dominion over the mightie of the people: the Lord hathe given me dominion over the strong.

14.Of Ephráim ⁱtheir foote arose against Amalék and after thee, Ben-jamin shal fight against thy people, ó Amalek: of Machír came rulers, and of Zebulún they that handle the penne of the ^kwriter.

15.And the Princes of Issachár were with Deboráh, and ^lIssachár, and also Barák: he was set on his fete in the valley: for the divisions of Reubén were great ^mthoghtes of heart.

16.Why abodest thou among the shepefoldes, to heare the bleatings of the flockes? for the divisions of Reubén were great thoghtes of heart.

17.ⁿGileád abode beyonde Jordén: & why doeth Dan remaine in shippes? Ashér sate on the seashore, and taried in his ^odecayed places.

18.But the people of Zebulún and Naphtalí have jeoparde their lives unto the death in the hye places of the field.

19.The Kings came and fought: they fought the Kings of Canáan in Taanách by the waters of Megiddó: they received no gaine of ^pmoney.

20.They fought from heaven, even the starres in their courses fought against Siserá.

21.The river Kishón ^qswept them away, that ancient river Kishón. ô my soule, thou hast marched valiantly.

22.Then were the horsehouses broken with the oft beating together of their mighty men.

23.Curse ye ^rMeróz: (said the Angel of the Lord) curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to helpe the Lord, to helpe the Lord against the mightie.

24.Jaél the wife of Hebér the Kenite shal be blessed above other women: blessed shal she be above women dwelling in tents. – 6: 10 Gideón.

25.He asked water, and she gave him milke: she broght forthe ^sbutter in a lordly dish.

26.She put her hand to the naile, & her right hand to the workemans hammer: with the hammer smote she Siserá: she smote of his head, after she had wounded, and pearsed his temples.

27.He bowed him downe at her fete, he fel downe, and lay stil: at her fete he bowed him downe, and fel: and when he had sonke downe, he lay there ^dead.

28.The mother of Siserá loked out at a windowe, and cryed through the lattesse, Why is his charet so long a comming? why tary the ^wheles of his charets?

29.Her wise ladyes answered her, Yea. ^tShe answered her selfe with her owne wordes,

30.Have they not gotten, and they divide the spoyle? everie man hathe a maide or two. Siserá hathe a praye of divers couloured garments, a pray of sondry coulours of made nedleworke: of divers coulours of nedleworke on bothe sides, ^ufor the chief of the spoyle.

31.So let all thine enemies perish, ô Lord: but they that love him, shal be as the ^xsunne when he riseth in his might, and the land had rest fortie yeres.

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