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APRIL 20
Who sit in judges’ attire, 22 Then the horses’ hooves pounded,
And who walk along the road. The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
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Far from the noise of the archers, ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the
among the watering places, LORD,
There they shall recount the righteous ‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
acts of the LORD, Because they did not come to the help
The righteous acts for His villagers in of the LORD,
Israel; To the help of the LORD against the
Then the people of the LORD shall go mighty.’
down to the gates.
24 “Most blessed among women is Jael,
12 “Awake, awake, Deborah! The wife of Heber the Kenite;
Awake, awake, sing a song! Blessed is she among women in tents.
Arise, Barak, and lead your captives 25 He asked for water, she gave milk;
away, She brought out cream in a lordly
O son of Abinoam! bowl.
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13 “Then the survivors came down, the She stretched her hand to the
people against the nobles; tent peg,
The LORD came down for me against Her right hand to the workmen’s
the mighty. hammer;
14 From Ephraim were those whose roots She pounded Sisera, she pierced his
were in Amalek. head,
After you, Benjamin, with your She split and struck through his
peoples, temple.
From Machir rulers came down, 27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
And from Zebulun those who bear the At her feet he sank, he fell;
recruiter’s staff. Where he sank, there he fell dead.
15 And the princes of Issachar were with 28 “The mother of Sisera looked through
Deborah; the window,
As Issachar, so was Barak And cried out through the lattice,
Sent into the valley under his ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
command; Why tarries the clatter of his
Among the divisions of Reuben chariots?’
There were great resolves of heart. 29 Her wisest ladies answered her,
Why did you sit among the Yes, she answered herself,
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sheepfolds, 30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the
To hear the pipings for the flocks? spoil:
The divisions of Reuben have great To every man a girl or two;
searchings of heart. For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan, Plunder of garments embroidered
And why did Dan remain on ships? and dyed,
Asher continued at the seashore, Two pieces of dyed embroidery
And stayed by his inlets. for the neck of the looter?’
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Zebulun is a people who jeopardized
their lives to the point of death, 31 “Thus let all Your enemies perish,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the O LORD!
battlefield. But let those who love Him be like the
sun
19 “The kings came and fought, When it comes out in full strength.”
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; So the land had rest for forty years.
They took no spoils of silver. Then the children of Israel did evil in the
20 They fought from the heavens; 6 sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered
The stars from their courses fought them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
against Sisera. 2 and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel.
The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
21 Because of the Midianites, the children of Is-
That ancient torrent, the torrent of rael made for themselves the dens, the caves,
Kishon. and the strongholds which are in the moun-
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O my soul, march on in strength! tains. So it was, whenever Israel had sown,
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