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Richter 5:3
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- CondensedParallel Translations
H�ret, ihr K�nige; horchet auf, ihr F�rsten! Ich will, ja, ich will Jehova singen und spielen Jehova, dem Gott Israels!
Höret zu, ihr Könige, und merket auf, ihr Fürsten! Ich will, dem HERRN will ich singen; dem HERRN, dem Gott Israels, will ich spielen.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
O ye kings: Deuteronomy 32:1, Deuteronomy 32:3, Psalms 2:10-12, Psalms 49:1, Psalms 49:2, Psalms 119:46, Psalms 138:4, Psalms 138:5
even I: Judges 5:7, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Exodus 31:6, Leviticus 26:28, 1 Kings 18:22, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14, Ezra 7:21
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:21 - Sing ye Exodus 35:21 - General Psalms 78:1 - General Psalms 105:2 - Sing unto Isaiah 9:3 - and as men Isaiah 34:1 - Come
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes,.... Not only the neighbouring ones, but all the kings and princes of the earth, far and near, then and in succeeding ages; Deborah desires and wishes that all potentates might hear of the wonderful works of God done for his people, that they might learn to know there is one that is higher than they, to whom all the amazing things done in the world are to be ascribed; and be cautious how they oppressed the people of God, since sooner or later he would avenge them on them. The Targum restrains this to the kings that came with Sisera and the governors with Jabin; but if there were any such, as it is not improbable there were, see Judges 5:19; yet it is most likely that they were slain with them: there are some, as Kimchi observes, who think this respects the people of Israel, who were all the sons of kings; but the first sense is best:
I, [even] I, will sing unto the Lord, I will sing [praise] to the Lord God of Israel: which are the words of Deborah particularly, and the repetitions serve to express how cordial, earnest, and vehement she was in her praise and thankfulness to God; thereby setting an example to others, encouraging them to the same practice, and directing persons of every rank and quality to give praise only to Jehovah, the self-existing, everlasting, and unchangeable Being; to him who is the Lord and God of Israel in a peculiar manner, and not to any of the gods of the Gentiles.
