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Judges 5

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1 At that time, Deborah and Barak, Abinoam's son, sang:

2 When hair is long in Israel, when people willingly offer themselves—bless the LORD!

3 Hear, kings! Listen, rulers! I, to the LORD, I will sing. I will make music to the LORD, Israel's God.

4 LORD, when you set out from Seir, when you marched out from Edom's fields, the land shook, the sky poured down, the clouds poured down water.

5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, the one from Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

6 In the days of Shamgar, Anath's son, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased. Those traveling by road kept to the backroads.

7 Villagers disappeared; they disappeared in Israel, until you, Deborah, arose, until you arose as a mother in Israel.

8 When they chose new gods, then war came to the city gates. Yet there wasn't a shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel!

9 My heart is with Israel's commanders, who willingly offered themselves among the people—bless the LORD!

10 You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, who walk along the road: tell of it.

11 To the sound of instruments at the watering places, there they repeat the LORD's victories, his villagers' victories in Israel. Then the LORD's people marched down to the city gates.

12 "Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Arise, Barak! Capture your prisoners, Abinoam's son!"

13 Then those who remained marched down against royalty; the LORD's people marched down against warriors.

14 From Ephraim they set out into the valley, after you, Benjamin, with your people! From Machir commanders marched down, and from Zebulun those carrying the official's staff.

15 The leaders of Issachar came along with Deborah; Issachar was attached to Barak, and was sent into the valley behind him. Among the clans of Reuben there was deep soul-searching.

16 "Why did you stay back among the sheep pens, listening to the music for the flocks?" For the clans of Reuben there was deep soul-searching.

17 Gilead stayed on the other side of the Jordan, and Dan, why did he remain with the ships? Asher stayed by the seacoast, camping at his harbors.

18 Zebulun is a people that readily risked death; Naphtali too in the high countryside.

19 Kings came and made war; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by Megiddo's waters, but they captured no spoils of silver.

20 The stars fought from the sky; from their orbits they fought against Sisera.

21 The Kishon River swept them away; the advancing river, the Kishon River. March on, my life, with might!

22 Then the horses' hooves pounded with the galloping, galloping of their stallions.

23 "Curse Meroz," says the LORD's messenger, "curse its inhabitants bitterly, because they didn't come to the LORD's aid, to the LORD's aid against the warriors."

24 May Jael be blessed above all women; may the wife of Heber the Kenite be blessed above all tent-dwelling women.

25 He asked for water, and she provided milk; she presented him cream in a majestic bowl.

26 She reached out her hand for the stake, her strong hand for the worker's hammer. She struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his skull.

27 At her feet he sank, fell, and lay flat; at her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.

28 Through the window she watched, Sisera's mother looked longingly through the lattice. "Why is his chariot taking so long to come? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot horses delayed?"

29 Her wisest attendants answer; indeed, she replies to herself:

30 "Wouldn't they be finding and dividing the loot? A girl or two for each warrior; loot of colored cloths for Sisera; loot of colored, embroidered cloths; two colored, embroidered cloths as loot for every neck."

31 May all your enemies perish like this, LORD! But may your allies be like the sun, rising in its strength. And the land was peaceful for forty years.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:

2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord!

3 “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the Lord I will sing; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.

4 “Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.

5 The mountains quaked before the Lord, even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.

6 “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and travelers kept to the byways.

7 The villagers ceased in Israel; they ceased to be until I arose; I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.

8 When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the Lord.

10 “Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

11 To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord, the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel. “Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.

12 “Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, break out in a song! Arise, Barak, lead away your captives, O son of Abinoam.

13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble; the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.

14 From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant’s staff;

15 the princes of Issachar came with Deborah, and Issachar faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed at his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

16 Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he stay with the ships? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea, staying by his landings.

18 Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field.

19 “The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver.

20 From heaven the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21 The torrent Kishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might!

22 “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

23 “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord, curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

24 “Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

25 He asked for water and she gave him milk; she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.

26 She sent her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet; she struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple.

27 Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.

28 “Out of the window she peered, the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots? ’

29 Her wisest princesses answer, indeed, she answers herself,

30 ‘Have they not found and divided the spoil? —A womb or two for every man; spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, spoil of dyed materials embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil? ’

31 “So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might. ” And the land had rest for forty years.