example, Ps 21:13, 57:8, 68:33), so continuing the pattern of pairings we have just met. The invocation ends on claiming for Israel this powerful god. The phrase YHVH ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl is fairly frequent in Scripture, but it is especially significant that its only attestation so far in Judges was when Deborah instructed Baraq on his duties to his land and God (at 4:6). In this book we shall meet it again, but always when there is a need to emphasize divine authority (at 6:8; 11:21, 23; and 21:3).