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"^(C1)Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, ^(F1)sing a song! Arise, Barak, and ^(C2)lead away your captives, son of Abinoam.

-"Then survivors came down to the nobles; The people of the LORD came down to me as warriors.

-"From Ephraim those whose root is ^(C1)in Amalek came down, Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples; From Machir commanders came down, And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of ^(F1)office.

-"And the ^(F1)princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed ^(C1)at his ^(F2)heels; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great determinations of heart.

-"Why did you sit among ^(C1)the ^(F1)sheepfolds, To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

-"^(C1)Gilead ^(F1)remained across the Jordan; And why did Dan stay on ships? Asher sat at the seashore, And ^(F1)remained by its landings.

-"^(C1)Zebulun was a people who risked their lives, And Naphtali too, on the high places of the field.

"^(C1)The kings came and fought; Then the kings of Canaan fought ^(C2)At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo; ^(C3)They took no plunder in silver.

-"^(C1)The stars fought from heaven, From their paths they fought against Sisera.

-"The torrent of Kishon swept them away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. ^(C1)My soul, march on with strength!

-"^(C1)Then the horses' hoofs beat From the galloping, the galloping of his mighty stallions.

'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD, 'Utterly curse its inhabitants, ^(C1)Because they did not come to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the warriors.'