Chapter 5

¹ And Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang in that day, saying,

Jdg 5:1

² A revelation was made in Israel

Jdg 5:2

³ Hear, ye kings, and hearken, rulers:

Jdg 5:3

⁴ O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir,

Jdg 5:4

⁵ The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi,

Jdg 5:5

⁶ In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael,

Jdg 5:6

⁷ The mighty men in Israel failed,

Jdg 5:7

⁸ They chose new gods;

Jdg 5:8

⁹ My heart [inclines] to the orders given in Israel;

Jdg 5:9

¹⁰ Ye that mount a she-ass at noonday,

Jdg 5:10

¹¹ [ye that are delivered] from the noise of disturbers

Jdg 5:11

¹² Awake, awake, Deborah;

Jdg 5:12

¹³ Then went down the remnant to the strong,

Jdg 5:13

¹⁴ Ephraim rooted them out in Amalek,

Jdg 5:14

¹⁵ And princes in Issachar were with Deborah and Barak,

Jdg 5:15

¹⁶ Why did they sit between the sheepfolds

Jdg 5:16

¹⁷ Gilead [is] on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents;

Jdg 5:17

¹⁸ The people Zebulun exposed their soul to death,

Jdg 5:18

¹⁹ Kings set themselves in array,

Jdg 5:19

²⁰ The stars from heaven set themselves in array,

Jdg 5:20

²¹ The brook of Kishon swept them away,

Jdg 5:21

²² When the hoofs of the horse were entangled,

Jdg 5:22

²³ To curse Meroz: Curse ye [it], said the angel of the Lord;

Jdg 5:23

²⁴ Blessed among women be Jael

Jdg 5:24

²⁵ He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish;

Jdg 5:25

²⁶ She stretched forth her left hand to the nail,

Jdg 5:26

²⁷ He rolled down between her feet;

Jdg 5:27

²⁸ The mother of Sisera looked down through the window out of the loophole,

Jdg 5:28

²⁹ Her wise ladies answered her,

Jdg 5:29

³⁰ Will they not find him dividing the spoil?

Jdg 5:30

³¹ Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord:

Jdg 5:31