Judges Chapter 5

Judges Chapter 5
1 Then sang Deborah, and Barak the son
of Abinoam the same day, saying, 2
Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of
Israel , and for the people that offered
themselves willingly.
3 Hear, ye kings, hearken ye princes: I,
even I will sing unto the Lord: I will
sing praise unto the Lord God of Israel.
4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir,
when thou departest out of the field of
Edom, the earth trembled, and the
heavens rained, the clouds also dropped
water.
5 The mountains melted before the Lord,
as did that Sinai 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 towns were not inhabited: they
decayed, I say, in Israel, until I Deborah
came up, which rose up 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 of Israel?
9 Mine heart is set on the governors of
Israel, and on them that are willing
among the people: praise ye the Lord.
10 Speak ye that ride on white asses, ye
that dwell by Middin, and that walk by
the way.
11 For the noise of the archers appaised
among the drawers of water: there shall
they rehearse the righteousness of the
Lord, his righteousness of his towns in
Israel: then did the people of the Lord go
down to the gates. 12 Up Deborah, up,
arise, and sing a song: arise Barak, and
lead thy captivity captive, thou son of
Abinoam.
13 For they that remain, have dominion
over the mighty of the people: the Lord
hath given me dominion over the strong.
14 Of Ephraim their root arose against
Amalek and after thee, Benjamin shall
fight against thy people, O Amalek: of
Machir came rulers, and of Zebulun they
that handle the pen of the writer.
15 And the princes of Issachar were
with Deborah, and Issachar, and also
Barak: he was set on his feet in the
valley: for the divisions of Reuben were
great thoughts of heart.
16 Why abodest thou among the
sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the
flocks? For the divisions of Reuben
were great thoughts of heart. 17 Gilead
abode beyond Jordan: and why doth Dan
remain in ships? Asher sat on the
seashore, and tarried in his decayed
places.
18 But the people of Zebulun and
Naphtali have jeoparded 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 received no
gain of money.
20 They fought from heaven, even the
stars in their courses fought against
Sisera.
21 The river Kishon sweep them away,
that ancient river the river Kishon. O
my soul, thou hast marched valiantly.
22 Then were the horse hoofs broken
with the oft beating together of their
mighty men.
23 Curse ye Meroz: (said the angel of
the Lord) curse the inhabitants thereof,
because they came not to help the Lord,
to help the Lord against the mighty. 24
Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall
be blessed above other women: blessed
shall she be above women dwelling in
tents.
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 workman's hammer:
with the hammer smote she Sisera: she
smote off his head, after she had
wounded, and pierced his temples.
27 He bowed him down at her feet, he
fell down, and lay still: at her feet he
bowed him down, and fell: and when he
had sunk down, he lay there dead. 28
The mother of Sisera looked out at a
window, and cried through the lattice,
Why is his chariot so long a coming?
Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yea.
She answered herself with her own
words,
30 Have they not gotten, and they divide
the spoil? Every man hath a maid or two.
Sisera hath a prey of divers colored
garments, a prey of sundry colors made
of needle work: of divers colors of
needle work on both sides, for the chief
of the spoil.
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O
Lord: but they that love him, shall be as
the sun when he riseth in his might, and
the land had rest forty years.