Judges 5
1Then 1
2“ Because 2 because the people offered themselves willingly, 1 be blessed, LORD! 1
3“ Hear 2 Give ear, you princes! 1 I, even I, will sing to the LORD. 2 I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel. 1
4“ LORD 2 when you marched out of the field of Edom, 1 the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. 2 Yes, the clouds dropped water. 1
5The 2 even Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel. 1
6“ In 2 in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. 2 The travelers walked through byways. 1
7The 2 They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; 2 Until I arose a mother in Israel. 1
8They 2 Then war was in the gates. 2 Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 1
9My 2 who offered themselves willingly among the people. 2 Bless the LORD! 1
10“ Speak 2 you who sit on rich carpets, 2 and you who walk by the way. 1
11Far from 2 there they will rehearse the LORD’s righteous acts, 2 the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. 1 “ Then the LORD’s people went down to the gates. 2
12‘ Awake 2 Awake, awake, utter a song! 2 Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’ 1
13“ Then 2 The LORD came down for me against the mighty. 1
14Those 2 after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. 1 Governors come down out of Machir. 2 Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun. 1
15The 2 As was Issachar, so was Barak. 2 They rushed into the valley at his feet. 1 By the watercourses of Reuben, 2 there were great resolves of heart. 1
16Why 2 To hear the whistling for the flocks? 1 At the watercourses of Reuben, 2 there were great searchings of heart. 1
17Gilead 2 Why did Dan remain in ships? 2 Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, 2 and lived by his creeks. 1
18Zebulun 2 Naphtali also, on the high places of the field. 1
19“ The 2 then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. 2 They took no plunder of silver. 1
20From 2 From their courses, they fought against Sisera. 1
21The 2 that ancient river, the river Kishon. 2 My soul, march on with strength. 1
22Then the 2 the prancing of their strong ones. 1
23‘Curse Meroz 2 ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, 2 because they didn’t come to help the LORD, 2 to help the LORD against the mighty.’ 1
24“ Jael 2 the wife of Heber the Kenite; 2 blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 1
25He 2 She gave him milk. 2 She brought him butter in a lordly dish. 1
26She put 2 and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. 1 With the hammer she struck Sisera. 2 She struck through his head. 2 Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples. 1
27At 2 At her feet he bowed, he fell. 2 Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 1
28“ Through 2 Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. 1 ‘ Why is his chariot so long in coming? 2 Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’ 1
29Her 2 Yes, she returned answer to herself, 1
30‘ Have 2 A lady, two ladies to every man; 1 to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, 2 a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, 2 of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’ 1
31“ So 2 but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.