5:1 And Debbora and Barac son of Abineem
sang in that day, saying,
5:2 A revelation was made in Israel when the people were made willing:
Praise ye the Lord.
5:3 Hear, ye kings, and hearken, rulers: I will sing, it is I [who will
sing] to the Lord, it is I, I will sing a psalm to the Lord the god of
Israel.
5:4 O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, when thou wentest forth out of the
land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds
dropped water.
5:5 The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sina
before the face of the Lord God of Israel.
5:6 In the days of Samegar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, they deserted
the ways, and went in by-ways; they went in crooked paths.
5:7 The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until
she arose a mother in Israel.
5:8 They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a
shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel.
5:9 My heart [inclines] to the orders given in Israel; ye that are willing
among the people, bless the Lord.
5:10 Ye that mount a she-ass at noon-day, ye that sit on the judgement-seat,
and walk by the roads of them that sit in judgement by the way; declare
5:11 [ye that are delivered] from the noise of disturbers among the drawers
of water; there shall they relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous
acts in Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the cities.
5:12 Awake, awake, Debbora; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barac, and
lead thy captivity captive, son of Abineem.
5:13 Then went down the remnant to the strong, the people of the Lord went
down for him among the mighty ones from me.
5:14 Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind thee was Benjamin among thy
people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy,
and from Zabulon came they that draw with the scribe's pen of record.
5:15 And princess in Issachar were with Debbora and Barac, thus she sent
Barac on his feet in the valleys into the portions of Ruben; great [pangs]
reached to the heart.
5:16 Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks
for the divisions of Ruben? [there were] great searchings of heart.
5:17 Galaad [is] on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; and
why does Dan remain in ships? Aser sat down on the sea-coasts, and he will
tabernacle at his ports.
5:18 The people Zabulon exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to
he high places of their land.
5:19 Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Chanaan fought in
Thanaach at the water of Mageddo; they took no gift of money.
5:20 The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves [to
fight] with Sisara out of their paths.
5:21 The brook of Kison swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kison:
my mighty soul will trample him down.
5:22 When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly
hasted
5:23 to curse Meroz: Curse ye [it], said the angel of the Lord; cursed [is]
every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord,
to his help among the mighty.
5:24 Blessed among women be Jael wife of Chaber the Kenite; let her be
blessed above women in tents.
5:25 He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish; she brought butter of
princes.
5:26 She stretched forth her left hand to the nail, and her right to the
hand workman's hammer, and she smote Sisara with it, she nailed through his
head and smote him; she nailed through his temples.
5:27 He rolled down between her feet; he fell and lay between her feet; he
bowed and fell: where he bowed, there he fell dead.
5:28 The mother of Sisara looked down through the window out of the
loophole, [saying], Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the wheels of his
chariots tarry?
5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, and she returned answers to herself,
[saying],
5:30 Will they not find him dividing the spoil? he will surely be gracious
to every man: [there are] spoils of dyed garments for Sisara, spoils of
various dyed garments, dyed embroidered garments, they [are] the spoils for
his neck.
5:31 Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall
be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest
forty years. |
5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of
Abinoam on that day, saying,
5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly
offered themselves.
5:3 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.
5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the
field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also
dropped water.
5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before
the LORD God of Israel.
5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the
highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or
spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
5:9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves
willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk
by the way.
5:11 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.
5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and
lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the
people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
5:14 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.
5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also
Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben
there were great thoughts of heart.
5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the
flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher
continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the
death in the high places of the field.
5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach
by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against
Sisera.
5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river
Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the
pransings of their mighty ones.
5:23 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.
5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed
shall she be above women in the tent.
5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a
lordly dish.
5:26 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.
5:27 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.
5:28 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?
5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
5:30 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?
5:31 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. |