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28 “But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times!

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28 “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight.(A) Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion(B) you delivered them(C) time after time.

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31 Lord, may all your enemies die like Sisera!
    But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!”

Then there was peace in the land for forty years.

Gideon Becomes Israel’s Judge

The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.

31 “So may all your enemies perish,(A) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(B)
    when it rises in its strength.”(C)

Then the land had peace(D) forty years.

Gideon

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(E) and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.(F)

39 then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart.

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39 then hear(A) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive(B) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(C) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart),

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33 “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn to you and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple, 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave their ancestors.

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33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(A) by an enemy because they have sinned(B) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(C) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

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Deborah Becomes Israel’s Judge

After Ehud’s death, the Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight.

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Deborah

Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead.

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30 So Moab was conquered by Israel that day, and there was peace in the land for eighty years.

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30 That day Moab(A) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace(B) for eighty years.

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11 So there was peace in the land for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Ehud Becomes Israel’s Judge

12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because of their evil.

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11 So the land had peace(A) for forty years,(B) until Othniel son of Kenaz(C) died.

Ehud

12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(D) and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab(E) power over Israel.

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Prayer for Mercy and Pardon

15 Lord, look down from heaven;
    look from your holy, glorious home, and see us.
Where is the passion and the might
    you used to show on our behalf?
    Where are your mercy and compassion now?

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15 Look down from heaven(A) and see,
    from your lofty throne,(B) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal(C) and your might?
    Your tenderness and compassion(D) are withheld(E) from us.

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43 Again and again he rescued them,
    but they chose to rebel against him,
    and they were finally destroyed by their sin.
44 Even so, he pitied them in their distress
    and listened to their cries.
45 He remembered his covenant with them
    and relented because of his unfailing love.

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43 Many times he delivered them,(A)
    but they were bent on rebellion(B)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;(C)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(D)
    and out of his great love(E) he relented.(F)

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