Judg 5 | EngLXX | STEP | And Debbora and Barac son of Abineem sang in that day, saying,

Judges 5

1 And Debbora and Barac son of Abineem sang in that day, saying, 2 A revelation was made in Israel when the people were made willing: Praise you⌃ the Lord. 3 Hear, you⌃ kings, and hearken, rulers: I will sing, it is Iwho will sing to the Lord, it is I, I will sing a psalm to the Lord the god of Israel. 4 O Lord, in your going forth on Seir, when you went forth out of the land of Edom, theearth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water. 5 The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sina before the faceof the Lord God of Israel. 6 In the days of Samegar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, they deserted the ways, andwent in by-ways; they went in crooked paths. 7 The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until she arose a motherin Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a shield or spearseen among forty thousand in Israel. 9 My heartinclines to the orders given in Israel; you⌃ that are willing among the people, bless the Lord. 10 You⌃ that mount a she-ass at noon-day, you⌃ that sit on the judgment-seat, and walk bythe roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; declare 11 you⌃ that are delivered from the noise of disturbers among the drawers of water; there shallthey relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous acts in Israel: then the people of the Lord wentdown to the cities. 12 Awake, awake, Debbora; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barac, and lead your captivitycaptive, son of Abineem. 13 Then went down the remnant to the strong, the people of the Lord went down for him amongthe mighty ones from me. 14 Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind you was Benjamin among your people: the inhabitantsof Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zabulon came they that draw with the scribe'spen of record. 15 And princess in Issachar were with Debbora and Barac, thus she sent Barac on his feetin the valleys into the portions of Ruben; greatpangs reached to the heart. 16 Why did they sit between the sheepfolds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisionsof Ruben?there were great searchings of heart. 17 Galaadis 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. 18 The people Zabulon exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to the high placesof their land. 19 Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanaach at the waterof Mageddo; they took no gift of money. 20 The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselvesto fight with Sisara out of their paths. 21 The brook of Kison swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kison: my mighty soulwill trample him down. 22 When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly hasted 23 to curse Meroz: Curse you⌃it, said the angel of the Lord; cursedis every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his helpamong the mighty. 24 Blessed among women be Jael wife of Chaber the Kenite; let her be blessed above womenin tents. 25 He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish; she brought butter of princes. 26 She stretched forth her left hand to the nail, and her right to the hand workman's hammer,and she struck Sisara with it, she nailed through his head and struck him; she nailed through his temples. 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. 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 wait? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, and she returned answers to herself,saying, 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 embroideredgarments, theyare the spoils for his neck. 31 Thus let all your enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the goingforth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.