Judges - Chapter 5 | New King James Version

  • 1. Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:
  • 2. "When leaders lead in Israel, When the people willingly offer themselves, Bless the Lord!
  • 3. "Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
  • 4. "Lord, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth trembled and the heavens poured, The clouds also poured water;
  • 5. The mountains gushed before the Lord, This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.
  • 6. "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways.
  • 7. Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel.
  • 8. They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates; Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
  • 9. My heart is with the rulers of Israel Who offered themselves willingly with the people. Bless the Lord!
  • 10. "Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, Who sit in judges' attire, And who walk along the road.
  • 11. Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord, The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel; Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.
  • 12. "Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away, O son of Abinoam!
  • 13. "Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles; The Lord came down for me against the mighty.
  • 14. From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek. After you, Benjamin, with your peoples, From Machir rulers came down, And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter's staff.
  • 15. And the princes of Issachar {cf2super [10]} were with Deborah; As Issachar, so was Barak Sent into the valley under his command; {cf2super [11]} Among the divisions of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.
  • 16. Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
  • 17. Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan, And why did Dan remain on ships? {cf2super [12]} Asher continued at the seashore, And stayed by his inlets.
  • 18. Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death, Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
  • 19. "The kings came and fought, Then the kings of Canaan fought In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; They took no spoils of silver.
  • 20. They fought from the heavens; The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.
  • 21. The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon. O my soul, march on in strength!
  • 22. Then the horses' hooves pounded, The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
  • 23. 'Curse Meroz,' said the angel {cf2super [13]} of the Lord, 'Curse its inhabitants bitterly, Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, To the help of the Lord against the mighty.'
  • 24. "Most blessed among women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she among women in tents.
  • 25. He asked for water, she gave milk; She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.
  • 26. She stretched her hand to the tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head, She split and struck through his temple.
  • 27. At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; At her feet he sank, he fell; Where he sank, there he fell dead.
  • 28. "The mother of Sisera looked through the window, And cried out through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?'
  • 29. Her wisest ladies answered her, Yes, she answered herself,
  • 30. 'Are they not finding and dividing the spoil: To every man a girl or two; For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments, Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed, Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?'
  • 31. "Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun When it comes out in full strength." So the land had rest for forty years.
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