Judges 5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹ Then Devorah and Barak the son of Avino`am sang on that day, saying,

² Because the leaders took the lead in Yisra'el, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, the LORD!

³ Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, [even] I, will sing to the LORD. I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

⁴ LORD, when you went forth out of Se`ir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.

⁵ The mountains quaked at the presence of the LORD, even Sinai, at the presence of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

⁶ In the days of Shamgar the son of `Anat, in the days of Ya`el, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.

⁷ The rulers ceased in Yisra'el. They ceased until I, Devorah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Yisra'el.

⁸ They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Yisra'el?

⁹ My heart is toward the governors of Yisra'el, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the LORD!

¹⁰ Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.

¹¹ Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Yisra'el. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.

¹² Awake, awake, Devorah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Avino`am.

¹³ Then a remnant of the nobles [and] the people came down. The LORD came down for me against the mighty.

¹⁴ Those whose root is in `Amalek came out of Efrayim, after you, Binyamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Makhir. Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zevulun.

¹⁵ The princes of Yissakhar were with Devorah. As was Yissakhar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Re'uven, there were great resolves of heart.

¹⁶ Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Re'uven There were great searchings of heart.

¹⁷ Gil`ad lived beyond the Yarden. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.

¹⁸ Zevulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths; Naftali also, on the high places of the field.

¹⁹ The kings came and fought, then the kings of Kena`an fought at Ta`nakh by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.

²⁰ From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.

²¹ The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.

²² Then the horse hoofs stamped becaus of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.

²³ Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn't come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.

²⁴ Ya`el shall be blessed above women, the wife of Chever the Keni; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

²⁵ He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.

²⁶ She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.

²⁷ At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

²⁸ Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera's mother looked through the lattice. Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?

²⁹ Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,

³⁰ Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

³¹ So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises forth in its strength. The land had rest forty years.