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    Part I

    1. “Then sang Deborah and Barak on that day, saying:BHOTV3 111.1

    2. For the loose flowing of the long hair, 13The language is extremely difficult, and the most different interpretations have been proposed. We have adopted the ingenious view of Cassel, which represents Israel, as it were, taking the Nazarite vow for God and against His enemies. For the free dedication of the people, Praise ye Jehovah!BHOTV3 111.2

    3. Hear O kings, hearken O rulers, 14Comp. Psalm 2:2—these, of course, are kings and princes of the heathen. I—to Jehovah will I sing, Will psalmody 15Always used of sacred song with instrumental accompaniment. to Jehovah, the God of Israel!BHOTV3 111.3

    4. Jehovah, when Thou didst come forth from Seir, When Thou marchedst from out the fields of Edom, The earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Even the clouds dropped water. 16Deborah begins with the record of God’s great doings of old in the wilderness, the later parallel being in Psalm 68:7, 8. Comp. here especially Exodus 19 and Deuteronomy 33:2, and for the expressions, Psalm 47:5; 114:7; Isaiah 63:12; 64:2; Jeremiah 10:10; Joel 3:16.BHOTV3 111.4

    5. The mountains quaked before Jehovah—This Sinai before Jehovah, the God of Israel—. 17Here the first stanza of the first division of this song ends. There are in all three sections, each of three stanzas. The reader will have no difficulty in marking the progress of thought.BHOTV3 111.5

    6. In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, 18Cassel, as I think fancifully, regards “Jael,” not as referring to the wife of Heber, but as a poetic name for Shamgar or Ehud. the highways ceased, 19Or were deserted. And they who went on paths, went by roundabout ways.BHOTV3 111.6

    7. Deserted was the open country 20That is, the country with open villages and towns, in opposition to walled cities. in Israel—deserted—Till I arose, Deborah, I arose a mother in Israel—!BHOTV3 111.7

    8. Chose they new gods—Then war at the gates—If shield was seen or spear Among forty thousand in Israel—! 21That is, “shield and spear were not seen.” So low had the fortunes of Israel fallen before their enemies.BHOTV3 111.8

    9. My heart towards the rulers of Israel, Those who freely vowed (dedicated) themselves among the people. Praise ye Jehovah!BHOTV3 111.9

    10. Ye that ride on white 22The expression is not without difficulty; Cassel would render it by pack-saddled. she-asses, Ye that sit on coverings 23The reference here is evidently to abiding in tents, whether the word be rendered mats, carpets, garments, or coverings. Ye that walk by the way—consider! 24Viz., the contrast between the insecurity of former times and the present happy condition. Cassel happily points out that, as in Psalm 1:1, the reference is to the three classes: those who sit, who stand, and who go.BHOTV3 111.10

    11. From the noise (sound, voice) of the archers between the draw-wells 25The language is very difficult. To us it seems to indicate the contrast between the noise of battle and the peaceful scene of the maidens, who can now go without fear outside the gates to draw water.—There they rehearse the righteous deeds 26The righteous deeds are here the mighty deeds, and so we have rendered it in the next line. of Jehovah, The mighty deeds of His open country 27Seems to mean: His mighty deeds in reference to, or as seen in the villages and unwalled towns of Israel. in Israel—Then went down to the city gates the people of Jehovah!BHOTV3 112.1

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