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No Weapon Formed Against You Shall Prosper

Davidic Dance as Warfare DVD teaches this dance Click here to order

Sung by Joel Chernoff

The Restoration of Israel CD

Choreographed by Margaret Keck

With Tambourines

Intro - Music

Face outside circle

All pivot turn together to face inside

Start shaking tambourine one person hits above head

Continues to shake

Then 2 people hit at same time

Continues

Part 1

Walk in 4 counts Mayim w/hand joined to tambourine

Bending and rising

When words start walk CW gently tapping tambourine 4 steps (RF starts)

Face center - lunge forward (stomp w/Tcherkessia movement) - hit tambourine in center leaning forward

Repeat

For though the Nations rage against you,

Oh Jerusalem,

Know this, that the Lord your God is with you,

For does not the Prophet Isaiah say:

No weapon formed against you shall prosper,

So I say unto you, Fear not oh Jerusalem,

Fear not Tel-Aviv, Fear not Haifa and Tiberias,

Fear not Son's of David,

For the Lord your God is with you.

Part 2

R step L step hit tambourine in front 3X

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, (3X)

R Yemenite hop (hit tambourine) L Yemenite

Thus saith the Lord.

Part 3

Jump, face center and spread feet out

Kick in front and beat tambourine as you go in toward center (4X)

In center jump and face outward

Kick in front and beat tambourine as you go outward (4X)

Rise up all you Son's of Jacob,

Rise up all you Cities of Judah,

Rise up, for the Lord your God,

8 pt Turn in place beat tambourine

Is fighting for you.

Kick in front and beat tambourine as you go CW around perimeter of circle

Stand up, for the God of Israel,

Stand up, for the Son of David,

Stand up, for the King of Kings,

8 pt Turn in place beat tambourine

Is standing with you.

Repeat Part 1

Fear not Son's of Israel,

Fear not people of God,

For it's not by might, nor by power,

But by my Spirit says the Lord.

For do you not know? Have you not heard?

That HE who is in you,

Is greater than he who is in the world.

For the battle is the Lord's.

Fear not Son's of David,

The battle is the Lord's,

For it is not by might, nor by power,

But by my Spirit says the Lord.

Pivot turn outward

End with lunge and hitting tambourine 

NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST THEE SHALL PROSPER

Choreographer: Trish Brown, Son of David Congregation, Rockville, MD
Email: trishbrownsod@hotmail.com

(The warrior dance!) (We're all Deborah or David!)

PART A

Facing Center, not HH:

1-4 Step R, L-behind, R, L-heel clap over head 5-8 Step L, R-behind, R, L-heel clap over head 1 Quick step R-L (in one beat)

2 Step onto R foot placed in front 3 Step onto L behind

(NOTE: 1,2, & 3 above are the same as 4, 5 & 6 in Part B) 4,5,6 open step R, turn L,R

7,8 Left together left (or cha-cha-cha)

PART B

1   stomp down R foot to R (R hand on R thigh, L hand punching down to R)

2,3 stomp up L foot to L (punch L fist up to the L, hold) 4   quickstep (R,L) (1 beat)

5   R-steps across over L (coupe)

6   step L behind

(NOTE:   4,5 & 6 above are the same as 1, 2 & 3 in Part A) 7,8 turn CW R,L

1-8 REPEAT above 1-8 REPEAT above 1-4 Walking march) backward R,L,R, switch directions (both arms slowly raise with bent elbows

and hands in fists)

5-8 Walk forward 4 (or 8 between sets)

(Right hands of dancers should be clasped high up into the center of the circle

with one unified fist-R elbow straight; while the left arm and hand reach out to the people, palm up -- that's where the song says "you" and we will be beaconing to them as all the "you s".)

PART C

1-4 Spin CW (R,L,R,L)raise R arm up high 5-8 March R,L,R,L

1-4 Spin CCW beginning with R foot (R,L,R,L) on beat 1 throw L arm out low

5-8 March R,L,R,L

1-4 Spin CW raise R arm up high 5-8 March R,L,R,L

1-4 Spin L

a) 5-8 Step together (boom) hold b) 5-8 March R,L,R,L

ENDING:

1 Quick step R-L (in one beat)

2 Step onto R foot placed in front (thrust R arm up w/ fist in victory, your R arm will be the one closest to the center of the circle. You've used your L arm as your sword arm throughout the rest of the dance, The ending is a different arm and is an expression of victory, rather than the action of a sword.)

SEQUENCE OF DANCE (to CD version)

1. Part A

2. Part B

3. Part C with the short (boom) ending on count 5

4. Part A

5. Part B

6. Part C with full ending

7. PART B again

8. Part A

9. Part A

10. Part A ending