1 The ſong and thankeſgiuing of Deboráh and Barák after the victorie

1.THen ſang Deboráh, and Barák the ſonne of Abinóam the ſame day, ſayng,

2.Praiſe ye the Lord for the auenging of Iſraél, & for the ^a people that offred thẽ ſelues willingly.

3.Heare, ye Kings, hearken ye princes: I, euen I wil ſing vnto yͤ Lord: I wil ſing praiſe vnto 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, & the heauẽs rained, the cloudes alſo dropped water.

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

6.In the dayes of ^* Shamgár the ſonne of Anáth, in yͤ dayes of ^* Iaél the hye wayes were ^b vnoccupied, and the trauelers walked through bywayes.

7.The townes were not inhabited: they decayed, I ſay, in Iſraél, vntil I Deboráh came vp, which roſe vp a ^c mother in Iſraél.

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

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

10.Speake ye that ride on ^e white aſſes, ye yͤ dwel ^f by Middín, and that walke by the waye.

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

12.Vp Deboráh, vp, ariſe, & ſing a ſong: ariſe Barák, & lead ^h tny captiuitie captiue, thou ſonne of Abinóam.

13.For they that remaine, haue dominiõ ouer the mightie of the people: the Lord hathe giuen me dominion ouer the ſtrong.

14.Of Ephráim ⁱ their roote aroſe againſt Amalék, & after thee, Ben-iamin that fight againſt thy people, ô Amalek: of Machír came rulers, and of Zebulún they that handle the penne of the ^k writer.

15.And the Princes of Iſſachár were with Deboráh, & ^l Iſſachár, and alſo Barák: he was ſet on his fete in the valley: for the diuiſions of Reubén were great ^m thoghtes of heart.

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

17.ⁿ Gileád abode beyonde Iordén: & why doeth Dan remaine in ſhippes? Aſhér ſate on the ſeaſhore, and taried in his ^o decayed places.

18.But the people of Zebulún and Naphtalí haue ieoparde their liues vnto the death in the hye places of the field.

19.The Kings came & fought: thẽ fought the Kings of Canáan in Taanách by the waters of Megiddó: they receiued no gaine of ^p money.

20.They fought from heauen, euen the ſtarres in their courſes fought againſt Siſerá.

21.The riuer Kiſhón ^q ſwept them away, that ancient riuer the riuer 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 ^r Meróz: (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.Iaél the wife of Hebér the Kenite ſhal be bleſſed aboue other women: bleſſed ſhal ſhe be aboue women dwelling in tents.

25.He aſked water, & ſhe gaue him milke: ſhe broght forthe ^s butter in a lordly diſh.

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

27.He bowed him downe at her fete, he fel downe, & lay ſtil: at her fete he bowed him downe, an I 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 cõming? why tary the wheles of his charets?

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

30.Haue they not gotten, & they deuide the ſpoyle? euerie man hathe a maide or two. Siſerá hathe a praye of diuers coloured garments, a pray of ſondry coulours made of nedle worke: of diuers coulours of nedle worke on bothe ſides, ^u for the chief of the ſpoyle.

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

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