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How I rejoice

In the leaders of Israel

Who offered themselves so willingly!

Praise the Lord!

10 Let all Israel, rich and poor,

Join in his praises—

Those who ride on white donkeys

And sit on rich carpets,

And those who are poor and must walk.

11 The village musicians

Gather at the village well

To sing of the triumphs of the Lord.

Again and again they sing the ballad

Of how the Lord saved Israel

With an army of peasants!

The people of the Lord

Marched through the gates!

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My heart is with Israel’s princes,
    with the willing volunteers(A) among the people.
    Praise the Lord!

10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(B)
    sitting on your saddle blankets,
    and you who walk along the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers[a] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories(C) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.