Judges 5:9
My heart loveth the princes of Israel: O you that of your own good will offered yourselves to danger, bless the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.
Cross References
Judges 5:2O you of Israel, that have willingly offered your lives to danger, bless the Lord.
2 Chronicles 17:16And after him was Amasias the son of Zechri, consecrated to the Lord, and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men.
Psalms 103:2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.
2 Corinthians 8:3For according to their power ( I bear them witness), and beyond their power, they were willing.
2 Corinthians 8:17For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more careful, of his own will he went unto you.
Matthew Henry on Judges 5:7-12
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord . 10 Speak, ye that ride… Read the whole commentary →