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The Book of Judges, Chapter 5, Verse 9

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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?
King James Version
My heart [is] toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
American Standard Version
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.
New English Translation
My heart went out to Israel’s leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the LORD!
World English Bible
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!
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Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
11
[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.
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Out of Ephraim [was there] a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
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And the princes of Issachar [were] with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great thoughts of heart.
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Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great searchings of heart.
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Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
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Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
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The kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.