<vn='1'>Then <sn="7891">sang</s><sn="1683">Deborah</s> and <sn="1301">Barak</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="42">Abinoam</s> on <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1288">Praise</s> ye the <sn="3068">LORD</s> for the <sn="6544 6546">avenging</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, when the <sn="5971">people</s> willingly offered <sn="5068">themselves</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="8085">Hear</s>, O ye <sn="4428">kings</s>; give <sn="238">ear</s>, O ye <sn="7336">princes</s>; <sn="595">I</s>, even <sn="595">I</s>, will <sn="7891">sing</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; I will <sn="2167">sing</s> praise to the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3068">LORD</s>, when thou wentest <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 8165">Seir</s>, when thou <sn="6805">marchedst</s> out of the <sn="4480 7704">field</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>, the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="7493">trembled</s>, <sn="1571">and</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s><sn="5197">dropped</s>, the <sn="5645">clouds</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="5197">dropped</s><sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="2022">mountains</s><sn="5140">melted</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even <sn="2088">that</s><sn="5514">Sinai</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>In the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="8044">Shamgar</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6067">Anath</s>, in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3278">Jael</s>, the <sn="734">highways</s> were <sn="2308">unoccupied</s>, and the <sn="1980 5410">travelers</s><sn="1980">walked</s> through <sn="734 6128">byways</s>. </v>
<vn='7'> The inhabitants of the <sn="6520">villages</s><sn="2308">ceased</s>, they <sn="2308">ceased</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, until <sn="5704">that</s> that I <sn="1683">Deborah</s><sn="7945 6965">arose</s>, that I <sn="6965">arose</s> a <sn="517">mother</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>They <sn="977">chose</s><sn="2319">new</s><sn="430">gods</s>; <sn="227">then</s> was <sn="3901">war</s> in the <sn="8179">gates</s>: was there a <sn="4043">shield</s> or <sn="7420">spear</s><sn="7200">seen</s> among <sn="705">forty</s><sn="505">thousand</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>My <sn="3820">heart</s> is toward the <sn="2710">governors</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that offered themselves <sn="5068">willingly</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s>. <sn="1288">Bless</s> ye the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="7878">Speak</s>, ye that <sn="7392">ride</s> on <sn="6715">white</s><sn="860">asses</s>, ye that <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="4055">judgment</s>, and <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='11'> They that are delivered from the <sn="4480 6963">noise</s> of <sn="2686">archers</s><sn="996">in</s> the places of drawing <sn="4857">water</s>, <sn="8033">there</s> shall they <sn="8567">rehearse</s> the righteous <sn="6666">acts</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even the righteous <sn="6666">acts</s> toward the inhabitants of his <sn="6520">villages</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="227">then</s> shall the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> go <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="8179">gates</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="5782">Awake</s>, <sn="5782">awake</s>, <sn="1683">Deborah</s>: <sn="5782">awake</s>, <sn="5782">awake</s>, <sn="1696">utter</s> a <sn="7892">song</s>: <sn="6965">arise</s>, <sn="1301">Barak</s>, and lead thy captivity <sn="7617 7628">captive</s>, thou <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="42">Abinoam</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="227">Then</s> he made him that <sn="8300">remaineth</s> have <sn="7287">dominion</s> over the <sn="117">nobles</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> made me have <sn="7287">dominion</s> over the <sn="1368">mighty</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s> was there a <sn="8328">root</s> of them against <sn="6002">Amalek</s>; <sn="310">after</s> thee, <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, among thy <sn="5971">people</s>; out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="4353">Machir</s> came <sn="3381">down</s><sn="2710">governors</s>, and out of <sn="4480 2074">Zebulun</s> they that <sn="4900">handle</s> the <sn="7626">pen</s> of the <sn="5608">writer</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3485">Issachar</s> were <sn="5973">with</s><sn="1683">Deborah</s>; even <sn="3485">Issachar</s>, and <sn="3651">also</s><sn="1301">Barak</s>: he was <sn="7971">sent</s> on <sn="7272">foot</s> into the <sn="6010">valley</s>. For the <sn="6391">divisions</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> there were <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2711">thoughts</s> of <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="4100">Why</s><sn="3427">abodest</s> thou <sn="996">among</s> the <sn="4942">sheepfolds</s>, to <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="8292">bleatings</s> of the <sn="5739">flocks</s>? For the <sn="6391">divisions</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> there were <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2714">searchings</s> of <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1568">Gilead</s><sn="7931">abode</s><sn="5676">beyond</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>: and <sn="4100">why</s> did <sn="1835">Dan</s><sn="1481">remain</s> in <sn="591">ships</s>? <sn="836">Asher</s><sn="3427">continued</s> on the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="2348">shore</s>, and <sn="7931">abode</s><sn="5921">in</s> his <sn="4664">breaches</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2074">Zebulun</s> and <sn="5321">Naphtali</s> were a <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="2778">jeopardized</s> their <sn="5315">lives</s> unto the <sn="4191">death</s><sn="5921">in</s> the high <sn="4791">places</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="4428">kings</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="3898">fought</s>, <sn="227">then</s><sn="3898">fought</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s> in <sn="8590">Taanach</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s> of <sn="4023">Megiddo</s>; they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="1214">gain</s> of <sn="3701">money</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>They <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>; the <sn="3556">stars</s> in their <sn="4480 4546">courses</s><sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="5516">Sisera</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>The <sn="5158">river</s> of <sn="7028">Kishon</s> swept them <sn="1640">away</s>, that <sn="6917">ancient</s><sn="5158">river</s>, the <sn="5158">river</s><sn="7028">Kishon</s>. O my <sn="5315">soul</s>, thou hast trodden <sn="1869">down</s><sn="5797">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="227">Then</s> were the <sn="5483">horses</s> ' <sn="6119">hooves</s><sn="1986">broken</s> by the means of the <sn="4480 1726">prancings</s>, the <sn="1726">prancings</s> of their mighty <sn="47">ones</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="779">Curse</s> ye <sn="4789">Meroz</s>, <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, curse ye <sn="779 779">bitterly</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> thereof; <sn="3588">because</s> they <sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">not</s> to the <sn="5833">help</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to the <sn="5833">help</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> against the <sn="1368">mighty</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1288">Blessed</s> above <sn="4480 802">women</s> shall <sn="3278">Jael</s> the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="2268">Heber</s> the <sn="7017">Kenite</s> be, <sn="1288">blessed</s> shall she be above <sn="4480 802">women</s> in the <sn="168">tent</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>He <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="4325">water</s>, and she <sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="2461">milk</s>; she brought <sn="7126">forth</s><sn="2529">butter</s> in a <sn="117">lordly</s><sn="5602">dish</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>She <sn="7971">put</s> her <sn="3027">hand</s> to the <sn="3489">nail</s>, and her right <sn="3225">hand</s> to the <sn="6001">workmen</s> 's <sn="1989">hammer</s>; and with the hammer she <sn="1986">smote</s><sn="5516">Sisera</s>, she smote <sn="4277">off</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, when she had <sn="4272">pierced</s> and stricken <sn="2498">through</s> his <sn="7451">temples</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="996">At</s> her <sn="7272">feet</s> he <sn="3766">bowed</s>, he <sn="5307">fell</s>, he lay <sn="7901">down</s>: <sn="996">at</s> her <sn="7272">feet</s> he <sn="3766">bowed</s>, he <sn="5307">fell</s>: <sn="834">where</s> he <sn="3766">bowed</s>, <sn="8033">there</s> he fell <sn="5307">down</s><sn="7703">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>The <sn="517">mother</s> of <sn="5516">Sisera</s> looked <sn="8259">out</s><sn="1157">at</s> a <sn="2474">window</s>, and <sn="2980">cried</s><sn="1157">through</s> the <sn="822">lattice</s>, <sn="4069">Why</s><sn="954">is</s> his <sn="7393">chariot</s> so <sn="954">long</s> in <sn="935">coming</s>? <sn="4069">why</s><sn="309">tarry</s> the <sn="6471">wheels</s> of his <sn="4818">chariots</s>? </v>
<vn='29'>Her <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="8282">ladies</s><sn="6030">answered</s> her, <sn="637">yea</s>, <sn="1931">she</s><sn="7725">returned</s><sn="561">answer</s> to herself, </v>
<vn='30'>Have they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">sped</s>? have they not <sn="2505">divided</s> the <sn="7998">prey</s>; to <sn="7218">every</s><sn="1397">man</s> a damsel or <sn="7356 7356">two</s>; to <sn="5516">Sisera</s> a <sn="7998">prey</s> of divers <sn="6648">colors</s>, a <sn="7998">prey</s> of divers <sn="6648">colors</s> of <sn="7553">needlework</s>, of divers <sn="6648">colors</s> of <sn="7553">needlework</s> on both sides, meet for the <sn="6677">necks</s> of them that take the <sn="7998">spoil</s>? </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3651">So</s> let <sn="3605">all</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="6">perish</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>: but let them that <sn="157">love</s> him be as the <sn="8121">sun</s> when he goeth <sn="3318">forth</s> in his <sn="1369">might</s>. And the <sn="776">land</s> had <sn="8252">rest</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>