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Give ear, O princes!</p> <p class="sl1">I will sing, I will sing to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">I will make music to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn07005004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07005004-1">*</a> <a id="ren07005004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005004-b">b</a> <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, when you went out from Seir,</p> <p class="sl1">when you marched from the plains of Edom,</p> <p class="sl">The earth shook, the heavens poured,</p> <p class="sl1">the clouds poured rain,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005005" class="ver">5</span>The mountains streamed,</p> <p class="sl1">before the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the One of Sinai,</p> <p class="sl1">before the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005006" class="ver">6</span>In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,<a id="ren07005006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005006-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">in the days of Jael, caravans ceased:</p> <p class="sl">Those who traveled the roads</p> <p class="sl1">now traveled by roundabout paths.<a id="ren07005006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005006-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005007" class="ver">7</span>Gone was freedom beyond the walls,</p> <p class="sl1">gone indeed from Israel.</p> <p class="sl">When I, Deborah, arose,</p> <p class="sl1">when I arose, a mother in Israel.<a id="rfn07005007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07005007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005008" class="ver">8</span>New gods were their choice;</p> <p class="sl1">then war was at the gates.</p> <p class="sl">No shield was to be found, no spear,</p> <p class="sl1">among forty thousand in Israel!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005009" class="ver">9</span>My heart is with the leaders of Israel,</p> <p class="sl1">with the dedicated ones of the people—bless the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005010" class="ver">10</span>Those who ride on white donkeys,</p> <p class="sl1">seated on saddle rugs,</p> <p class="sl1">and those who travel the road,</p> <p class="sl">Sing of them</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v07005011" class="ver">11</span>to the sounds of musicians at the wells.</p> <p class="sl">There they recount the just deeds of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">his just deeds bringing freedom to Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005012" class="ver">12</span>Awake, awake, Deborah!</p> <p class="sl1">Awake, awake, strike up a song!</p> <p class="sl">Arise, Barak!</p> <p class="sl1">Take captive your captors, son of Abinoam!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005013" class="ver">13</span>Then down went Israel against the mighty,</p> <p class="sl1">the army of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> went down for him against the warriors.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005014" class="ver">14</span><a id="rfn07005014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07005014-1">*</a> From Ephraim, their base in the valley;</p> <p class="sl1">behind you, Benjamin, among your troops.</p> <p class="sl">From Machir came down commanders,</p> <p class="sl1">from Zebulun wielders of the marshal’s staff.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005015" class="ver">15</span>The princes of Issachar were with Deborah,</p> <p class="sl1">Issachar, faithful to Barak;</p> <p class="sl1">in the valley they followed at his heels.</p> <p class="sl">Among the clans of Reuben</p> <p class="sl1">great were the searchings of heart!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005016" class="ver">16</span>Why did you stay beside your hearths</p> <p class="sl1">listening to the lowing of the herds?</p> <p class="sl">Among the clans of Reuben</p> <p class="sl1">great were the searchings of heart!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005017" class="ver">17</span>Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;</p> <p class="sl1">Why did Dan spend his time in ships?</p> <p class="sl">Asher remained along the shore,</p> <p class="sl1">he stayed in his havens.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005018" class="ver">18</span>Zebulun was a people who defied death,</p> <p class="sl1">Naphtali, too, on the open heights!<a id="ren07005018-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005018-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005019" class="ver">19</span>The kings came and fought;</p> <p class="sl1">then they fought, those kings of Canaan,</p> <p class="sl">At Taanach by the waters of Megiddo;</p> <p class="sl1">no spoil of silver did they take.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005020" class="ver">20</span>From the heavens the stars<a id="rfn07005020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07005020-1">*</a> fought;</p> <p class="sl1">from their courses they fought against Sisera.<a id="ren07005020-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005020-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005021" class="ver">21</span>The Wadi Kishon swept them away;</p> <p class="sl1">the wadi overwhelmed them, the Wadi Kishon.<a id="ren07005021-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005021-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl1">Trample down the strong!<a id="rfn07005021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07005021-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005022" class="ver">22</span>Then the hoofs of the horses hammered,</p> <p class="sl1">the galloping, galloping of steeds.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005023" class="ver">23</span>“Curse Meroz,”<a id="rfn07005023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07005023-1">*</a> says the messenger of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">“curse, curse its inhabitants!</p> <p class="sl">For they did not come when the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> helped,</p> <p class="sl1">the help of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> against the warriors.”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005024" class="ver">24</span>Most blessed of women is Jael,<a id="ren07005024-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005024-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1">the wife of Heber the Kenite,</p> <p class="sl1">blessed among tent-dwelling women!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005025" class="ver">25</span>He asked for water, she gave him milk,</p> <p class="sl1">in a princely bowl she brought him curds.<a id="ren07005025-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005025-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005026" class="ver">26</span><a id="ren07005026-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005026-j">j</a> With her hand she reached for the peg,</p> <p class="sl1">with her right hand, the workman’s hammer.</p> <p class="sl">She hammered Sisera, crushed his head;</p> <p class="sl1">she smashed, pierced his temple.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005027" class="ver">27</span>At her feet he sank down, fell, lay still;</p> <p class="sl1">down at her feet he sank and fell;</p> <p class="sl1">where he sank down, there he fell, slain.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v07005028" class="ver">28</span><a id="rfn07005028-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07005028-1">*</a> From the window she looked down,</p> <p class="sl1">the mother of Sisera peered through the lattice:</p> <p class="sl">“Why is his chariot so long in coming?</p> <p class="sl1">why are the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed?”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005029" class="ver">29</span>The wisest of her princesses answers her;</p> <p class="sl1">she even replies to herself,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v07005030" class="ver">30</span>“They must be dividing the spoil they took:</p> <p class="sl1">a slave woman or two for each man,</p> <p class="sl">Spoil of dyed cloth for Sisera,</p> <p class="sl1">spoil of ornate dyed cloth,</p> <p class="sl1">a pair of ornate dyed cloths for my neck in the spoil.”</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v07005031" class="ver">31</span>So perish all your enemies, O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>!<a id="ren07005031-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005031-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl1l">But may those who love you be like the sun rising in its might!</p> </div> <p>And the land was at rest for forty years.<a id="ren07005031-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07005031-l">l</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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