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Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes!
    I will sing, I will sing to the Lord,
    I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.
[a](A)Lord, when you went out from Seir,
    when you marched from the plains of Edom,
The earth shook, the heavens poured,
    the clouds poured rain,
The mountains streamed,
    before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
    before the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:4–5 The Lord himself marches to war in support of Israel. Storm and earthquake are part of the traditional imagery of theophany; cf. Ex 19:16, 18–20; Dt 33:2–3; Ps 18:7–15; 77:17–20; 144:5–7.

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

“When you, Lord, went out(C) from Seir,(D)
    when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook,(E) the heavens poured,
    the clouds poured down water.(F)
The mountains quaked(G) before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
    before the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:3 Or of

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.

The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

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