“When the princes in Israel take the lead,
    when the people willingly offer(A) themselves—
    praise the Lord!(B)

“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
    I, even I, will sing to[a] the Lord;(C)
    I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.(D)

“When you, Lord, went out(E) from Seir,(F)
    when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook,(G) the heavens poured,
    the clouds poured down water.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:3 Or of

Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

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.

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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