The Song of Deborah and Barak
Judges 5, verse 1. Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying, Judges 5, verse 2. A revelation was made known in Israel To the people who were willing, bless the Lord! Judges 5, verse 3. O kings, receive the news! O princes, listen closely! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will sing a psalm to the Lord God of Israel. Judges 5, verse 4. Lord, when You went out in Seir, When You left from the field of Edom, The earth trembled and the heavens poured dew, The clouds poured water; Judges 5, verse 5. The mountains were shaken before the Lord Eloi, This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel. Judges 5, verse 6. In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, They deserted the main road and traveled the byways, Corrupting the way as they went. Judges 5, verse 7. The mighty of Israel failed, they came to an end; Until Deborah, whom He raised; Until a mother whom He raised in Israel. Judges 5, verse 8. They chose new gods; Then the cities of the rulers waged war; Not a shield or a spear was seen Among the forty thousand in Israel. Judges 5, verse 9. My heart is with the leaders of Israel; To those among the people who freely sacrifice, bless the Lord! Judges 5, verse 10. You who mount upon a female donkey at midday, Sitting on the seat of judgment, Who conduct your life on the road, mediating along the way, Judges 5, verse 11. Turn back and shout out every detail While drawing up water; There, in that place, what is rightful to the Lord is given, Spreading righteousness in Israel. Then the people of the Lord came down to the cities. Judges 5, verse 12. Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, O son of Abinoam, And lead your host of captives captive! Judges 5, verse 13. Then the remnant came down to the mighty; The people of the Lord came down to him, to the mighty. Judges 5, verse 14. My Ephraim rooted them out in Amalek; O Benjamin, your people were behind you. Machir came to know more about Me, And from Zebulun, those able to record with the pen of a scribe. Judges 5, verse 15. And the princes in Issachar were with Deborah and Barak, So she sent Barak into the valley by foot. Among the regions of Reuben There were great resolves of heart. Judges 5, verse 16. Why go up to sit in the midst of the sheepfold, To hear the trumpet of the angels? In the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. Judges 5, verse 17. Gilead is beyond the Jordan, where he made his dwelling; Why did Dan remain on the ships? Asher sat down on the seashore, And he will dwell at his seaports. Judges 5, verse 18. The people of Zebulun reproached its soul unto death, And Naphtali denounced the high places of the fields. Judges 5, verse 19. Kings set themselves in battle array; Then the kings of Canaan waged war in Taanach, By the waters of Megiddo; They took no gift of silver. Judges 5, verse 20. The stars of the heavens were arrayed for battle; On their path they arrayed themselves to war against Sisera. Judges 5, verse 21. The brook of Kishon swept them away, That ancient brook, the brook of Kishon; My mighty soul will trample him down. Judges 5, verse 22. When the hooves of the horses were fettered, In earnest his mighty ones hastened. Judges 5, verse 23. Curse Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse them, Cursed is every one who dwells there, Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, To the help of the Lord against the mighty. Judges 5, verse 24. Jael is blessed among women, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she from among the women in tents. Judges 5, verse 25. He requested water, she gave him milk in a dish; Surpassing this, she offered butter. Judges 5, verse 26. She stretched her left hand to the tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; She drove the nail through his head with a hammer; She put the nail into his temple. Judges 5, verse 27. He rolled down between her feet; He fell and lay between her feet; He bent over and fell; When he sat down there, he fell, departing life. Judges 5, verse 28. The mother of Sisera peered out through the archer's window; For his chariot is not where it should be, For the feet of his chariot's horses tarry. Judges 5, verse 29. The wise of her leading ladies answered her, And she answered to herself, Judges 5, verse 30. Will they not find him dividing the spoil; The merciful having compassion for the head of a man; Spoils of the dyed garments for Sisera; The spoils of dyed embroidery, Embroiderer's dyes as spoils for his neck? Judges 5, verse 31. O Lord, let all Your enemies perish in the way; And those desiring Him, be as the coming out of His sun in power. And let the land be at peace for forty years.