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Jdg_5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Ver. 1. Then sang Deborah and Barak.] Like as before had done Moses and Miriam in Exo_15:1-21, which chapter and this are by one called monumental chapters. Deborah was a poetess as well as a prophetess, learned, eloquent, industrious, far beyond Sappho or Procatia, who was called Musa Lyrica, and five various times got the better of Pindarus in versifying. {a}
On that day.] While the deliverance was fresh and their hearts well affected. So did Jehoshaphat and his army at Berachah. {2Ch_20:26} So did Hezekiah newly recovered. {Isa_38:9; Isa_38:22} So did Zacharias so soon as his mouth was opened. {Luk_1:64} If this be not done speedily, benefits will soon wax stale, and putrify as fish. No part of the thank offering might be kept unspent till the third day. God loveth a cheerful giver. "Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion." {Psa_65:1}
{a} Suidas.