Judges 5:1

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

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Interpretation

No time should be lost in returning thanks to the Lord for his mercies; for our praises are most acceptable, pleasant, and profitable, when they flow from a full heart. By this, love and gratitude would be more excited and more deeply fixed in the hearts of believers; the events would be more known and longer remembered.

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This thought runs through Judges 5:1-5.

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Glossary

Abinoam Person: Father of kindness, the father of Barak ( Judg. 4:6 ; 5:1 ).
Barak Person: Lightning, the son of Abinoam ( Judg. 4:6 ). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin.
Deborah Person: A bee. (1. ) Rebekah’s nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father’s house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac ( Gen. 24:59 ).