Book of Judges, Chapter 5
Chapter 5 of Judges
that the people offered themselves willingly,
bless[a] the LORD!
to the LORD I will sing,
I will make melody to the LORD, the God of Israel.
when thou didst march from the region of Edom,
the earth trembled,
and the heavens dropped,
yea, the clouds dropped water.
yon Sinai before the LORD, the God of Israel.
in the days of Ja′el, caravans ceased
and travelers kept to the byways.
until you arose, Deb′orah,
arose as a mother in Israel.
then war was in the gates.
Was shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?
who offered themselves willingly among the people.
Bless the LORD.
you who sit on rich carpets[b]
and you who walk by the way.
there they repeat the triumphs of the LORD,
the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel.
¶ “Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD.
Awake, awake, utter a song!
Arise, Barak, lead away your captives,
O son of Abin′o-am.
the people of the LORD marched down for him[d] against the mighty.
following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from Machir marched down the commanders,
and from Zeb′ulun those who bear the marshal’s staff;
and Is′sachar faithful to Barak;
into the valley they rushed forth at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
to hear the piping for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
and Dan, why did he abide with the ships?
Asher sat still at the coast of the sea,
settling down by his landings.
Naph′tali too, on the heights of the field.
then fought the kings of Canaan,
at Ta′anach, by the waters of Megid′do;
they got no spoils of silver.
from their courses they fought against Sis′era.
the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon.
March on, my soul, with might!
with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
curse bitterly its inhabitants,
because they came not to the help of the LORD,
to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
the wife of Heber the Ken′ite,
of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
she brought him curds in a lordly bowl.
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sis′era a blow,
she crushed his head,
she shattered and pierced his temple.
he lay still at her feet;
at her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell dead.
the mother of Sis′era gazed[g] through the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
nay, she gives answer to herself,
A maiden or two for every man;
spoil of dyed stuffs for Sis′era,
spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered,
two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil?’
But thy friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.”
¶ And the land had rest for forty years.FOOTNOTES
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