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Judges 5

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1 That day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

2 When they let down their hair in Israel, they let it blow wild in the wind. The people volunteered with abandon, bless God!

3 Hear O kings! Listen O princes! To God, yes to God, I'll sing, Make music to God, to the God of Israel.

4 God, when you left Seir, marched across the fields of Edom, Earth quaked, yes, the skies poured rain, oh, the clouds made rivers.

5 Mountains leapt before God, the Sinai God, before God, the God of Israel.

6 In the time of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the time of Jael, Public roads were abandoned, travelers went by backroads.

7 Warriors became fat and sloppy, no fight left in them. Then you, Deborah, rose up; you got up, a mother in Israel.

8 God chose new leaders, who then fought at the gates. And not a shield or spear to be seen among the forty companies of Israel.

9 Lift your hearts high, O Israel, with abandon, volunteering yourselves with the people - bless God!

10 You who ride on prize donkeys comfortably mounted on blankets And you who walk down the roads, ponder, attend!

11 Gather at the town well and listen to them sing, Chanting the tale of God's victories, his victories accomplished in Israel. Then the people of God went down to the city gates.

12 Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! On your feet, Barak! Take your prisoners, son of Abinoam!

13 Then the remnant went down to greet the brave ones. The people of God joined the mighty ones.

14 The captains from Ephraim came to the valley, behind you, Benjamin, with your troops. Captains marched down from Makir, from Zebulun high-ranking leaders came down.

15 Issachar's princes rallied to Deborah, Issachar stood fast with Barak, backing him up on the field of battle. But in Reuben's divisions there was much second-guessing.

16 Why all those campfire discussions? Diverted and distracted, Reuben's divisions couldn't make up their minds.

17 Gilead played it safe across the Jordan, and Dan, why did he go off sailing? Asher kept his distance on the seacoast, safe and secure in his harbors.

18 But Zebulun risked life and limb, defied death, as did Naphtali on the battle heights.

19 The kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach they fought, at Megiddo's brook, but they took no silver, no plunder.

20 The stars in the sky joined the fight, from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21 The torrent Kishon swept them away, the torrent attacked them, the torrent Kishon. Oh, you'll stomp on the necks of the strong!

22 Then the hoofs of the horses pounded, charging, stampeding stallions.

23 "Curse Meroz," says God's angel. "Curse, double curse, its people, Because they didn't come when God needed them, didn't rally to God's side with valiant fighters."

24 Most blessed of all women is Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of homemaking women.

25 He asked for water, she brought milk; In a handsome bowl, she offered cream.

26 She grabbed a tent peg in her left hand, with her right hand she seized a hammer. She hammered Sisera, she smashed his head, she drove a hole through his head.

27 He slumped at her feet. He fell. He sprawled. He slumped at her feet. He fell. Slumped. Fallen. Dead.

28 Sisera's mother waited at the window, a weary, anxious watch. "What's keeping his chariot? What delays his chariot's rumble?"

29 The wisest of her ladies-in-waiting answers with calm, reassuring words,

30 "Don't you think they're busy at plunder, dividing up the loot? A girl, maybe two girls, for each man, And for Sisera a bright silk shirt, a prize, fancy silk shirt! And a colorful scarf - make it two scarves - to grace the neck of the plunderer."

31 Thus may all God's enemies perish, while his lovers be like the unclouded sun. The land was quiet 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.