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Judges 5

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

2 "Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

3 "Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes. I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

4 "LORD, when Thou wentest out of Seir, when Thou marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai, from before the LORD God of Israel.

6 "In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways.

7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, I arose a mother in Israel.

8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

10 "Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment and walk by the way.

11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of His villages in Israel. Then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

12 "Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

13 "Then He made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah, even Issachar, and also Barak; he was sent on foot into the valley. In the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? In the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

17 Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the seashore and abode in his sheltered coves.

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeopardized their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

19 "The kings came and fought; then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength!

22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

23 "`Curse ye Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD; `curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.'

24 "Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. And with the hammer she smote Sisera; she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

28 "The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice: `Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?'

29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself:

30 `Have they not sped? Have they not divided the prey: to every man a damsel or two, to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?'

31 "So let all Thine enemies perish, O LORD! But let them that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might." And the land had rest forty years.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 On that day Deborah and Barak, son of Abinoam, sang this song:

2 Praise the LORD! Men in Israel vowed to fight, and people volunteered for service.

3 Listen, you kings! Open your ears, you princes! I will sing a song to the LORD. I will make music to the LORD God of Israel.

4 O LORD, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the country of Edom, the earth quaked, the sky poured, the clouds burst,

5 and the mountains shook in the presence of the LORD God of Sinai, in the presence of the LORD God of Israel.

6 In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, roads were deserted. Those who traveled took back roads.

7 Villages in Israel were deserted-- deserted until I, Deborah, took a stand-- took a stand as a mother of Israel.

8 When the people chose new gods, war broke out inside the city gates. Not a weapon was seen among 40,000 in Israel.

9 My heart goes out to Israel's commanders, to those people who volunteered. Praise the LORD!

10 You people who ride on brown donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who walk on the road--think.

11 Listen to the voices of those singing at the wells. Over and over again they repeat the victories of the LORD, the victories for his villages in Israel. Then the LORD's people went down to the city gates.

12 Get up! Get up, Deborah! Get up! Get up and create a song! Barak, attack! Take your prisoners, son of Abinoam.

13 Then those mighty men who were left came down. The LORD's people went into battle for me against the mighty soldiers.

14 Those who had settled in Amalek's country came down from Ephraim. Benjamin came with its troops after Ephraim. Commanders from Machir went into battle. The officers from Zebulun also went.

15 Issachar's commanders were with Deborah. They were also with Barak, sent into the valley under his command. Among Reuben's divisions important men had second thoughts.

16 Why did you sit between the saddlebags? Was it to listen to the shepherds playing their flutes? Reuben's divisions of important men had second thoughts.

17 Gilead remained east of the Jordan River. And Dan . . . Why did he stay by the ships? Asher sat on the seashore and remained along the inlets.

18 But Zebulun mocked death, and Naphtali risked his life on the battlefield.

19 Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought. They fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. But they didn't carry off any rich loot.

20 The stars fought from heaven. They fought against Sisera from their heavenly paths.

21 The Kishon River swept them away-- that old river, the Kishon. I must march on with strength!

22 Then the horses' hoofs pounded. The mighty war horses galloped on and on.

23 "Curse Meroz!" said the Messenger of the LORD. "Bitterly curse those who live there! They did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD and his heroes."

24 Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, should be the most blessed woman, the most blessed woman living in a tent.

25 Sisera asked for water. She gave him milk. She offered him buttermilk in a royal bowl.

26 She reached for a tent peg with one hand, for a workman's hammer with the other. She struck Sisera. She crushed his head. She shattered and pierced his temples.

27 He sank. He fell. He lay between her feet! He sank. He fell between her feet. Where he sank, he fell dead.

28 Sisera's mother looked through her window and cried as she peered through the lattice. "Why is his chariot taking so long? Why don't I hear the clatter of his chariots?"

29 Her wisest servants gave her an answer. But she kept repeating to herself,

30 "They're really finding and dividing the loot: A girl or two for each soldier, colorful clothes for Sisera, colorful, embroidered clothes, and two pieces of colorful, embroidered cloth for the neck of the looter."

31 May all your enemies die like that, O LORD. But may those who love the LORD be like the sun when it rises in all its brightness. So the land had peace for 40 years.