27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
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Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-31)Deborah here concludes this triumphant song, I. With the praises of Jael, her sister-heroine, whose valiant act had completed and crowned the victory. She had mentioned her before (Jdg. 5:6) as one that would have served her country if it had been in her power; now she applauds her as one that did serve it admirably well when it was in her power. Her poetry is finest and most florid here in the la…
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