Judges 5

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

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

“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel,

For that the leaders took the lead in Israel,

“Hear, you kings!

Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes;

“Yahweh, when you went out of Seir,

Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir,

The mountains quaked at Yahweh’s presence,

The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah,

“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,

The rulers ceased in Israel.

The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased,

They chose new gods.

They chose new gods;

My heart is toward the governors of Israel,

My heart is toward the governors of Israel,

“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys,

Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses,

Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water,

Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water,

‘Awake, awake, Deborah!

Awake, awake, Deborah;

“Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down.

Then came down a remnant of the nobles and the people;

Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim,

Out of Ephraim came down they whose root is in Amalek;

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.

And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds?

Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds,

Gilead lived beyond the Jordan.

Gilead abode beyond the Jordan:

Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death;

Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death,

“The kings came and fought,

The kings came and fought;

From the sky the stars fought.

From heaven fought the stars,

The river Kishon swept them away,

The river Kishon swept them away,

Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing,

Then did the horsehoofs stamp

‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel.

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah.

“Jael shall be blessed above women,

Blessed above women shall Jael be,

He asked for water.

He asked water, and she gave him milk;

She put her hand to the tent peg,

She put her hand to the tent-pin,

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay.

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay;

“Through the window she looked out, and cried:

Through the window she looked forth, and cried,

Her wise ladies answered her,

Her wise ladies answered her,

‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder?

Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil?

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh,

So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: