Jueces 5:1

1 Entonces Débora y Barac, hijo de Abinoam, cantaron en aquel día, diciendo:

Jueces 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 5:1

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam
Deborah is first mentioned, because she was, as Kimchi says, the root or foundation of the work, the chief person in it, both in the direction of the war, and in the composition of this song; and indeed, as Ben Gersom observes, she alone composed it, see ( Judges 5:7 ) ; and the verb is singular: "then sang Deborah"; and after her, and in her words, sung also Barak; he joined with her, not in making the song, but in singing it; and so likewise the people of Israel joined with her in singing it, as they did with Moses at the Red sea; and this song was sung

on that day;
not on the precise day on which the victory was obtained over Sisera and his army, but on occasion of that memorable day, and what followed upon it:

saying;
the following divine hymn or song, penned by Deborah, under divine inspiration, as the sublimity of the style, the fine and noble thoughts and sentiments that are in it, the beautiful and elegant phrases in which they are expressed, abundantly show; no Sappho, or any Grecian poetess, nor indeed any poet whatever, uninspired, being equal to the writer of this poem.

Jueces 5:1 In-Context

1 Entonces Débora y Barac, hijo de Abinoam, cantaron en aquel día, diciendo:

2 ¡Por haberse puesto al frente los jefes en Israel, por haberse ofrecido el pueblo voluntariamente, bendecid al SEÑOR!

3 ¡Oíd, reyes; prestad oído, príncipes! Yo al SEÑOR, cantaré, cantaré alabanzas al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel.

4 SEÑOR, cuando saliste de Seir, cuando marchaste del campo de Edom, la tierra tembló, también cayeron gotas del cielo, y las nubes destilaron agua.

5 Los montes se estremecieron ante la presencia del SEÑOR, aquel Sinaí, ante la presencia del SEÑOR, Dios de Israel.