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The Book of Judges, Chapter 5, Verse 3

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Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
King James Version
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing [praise] to the LORD God of Israel.
American Standard Version
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
New English Translation
Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the LORD! I will sing to the LORD God of Israel!
World English Bible
"Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, [even] I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
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The mountains melted from before the LORD, [even] that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
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[The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
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They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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My heart [is] toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
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Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
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[They that are delivered] from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, [even] the righteous acts [toward the inhabitants] of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
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Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
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Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.