Judg 5, 2Sa 22, Psa 106:12, 107:8, 15, 21-22, Isa 12 | ESV | STEP | Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day :

1 ^aThen sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:

2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
that ^bthe people offered themselves willingly,
bless the Lord!
3 “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;
to the Lord I will sing;
I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4 “Lord, ^cwhen you went out from Seir,
when you marched from the region of Edom,
^dthe earth trembled
and the heavens dropped,
yes, the clouds dropped water.
5 The mountains ^equaked before the Lord,
^feven Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “In the days of ^gShamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of ^hJael, ⁱthe highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.
7 The villagers ceased in Israel;
they ceased to be until I arose;
I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
8 ^jWhen new gods were chosen,
then war was in the gates.
^kWas shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel
who ^loffered themselves willingly among the people.
Bless the Lord.
10 “Tell of it, ^myou who ride on white donkeys,
you who sit on rich carpets ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; it may connote saddle blankets}
and you who walk by the way.
11 To the sound of musicians ^{▼▼Or archers; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} at the watering places,
there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord,
the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel.
“Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.
12 ^p“Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, break out in a song!
Arise, Barak, ^qlead away your captives,
O son of Abinoam.
13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
14 From ^rEphraim their root ^sthey marched down into the valley, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew in Amalek}
following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from ^uMachir marched down the commanders,
and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant’s ^{▼▼Hebrew commander’s} staff;
15 the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
and Issachar faithful to ^wBarak;
into the valley they rushed at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
16 Why did you sit still ^xamong the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
17 ^yGilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
^zand Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
^aaAsher sat still ^abat the coast of the sea,
staying by his landings.
18 ^acZebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
^adNaphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
19 “The kings came, they fought;
then fought the kings of Canaan,
at ^aeTaanach, by the waters of ^afMegiddo;
^agthey got no spoils of silver.
20 ^ahFrom heaven the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 ^aiThe torrent Kishon swept them away,
the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
March on, my soul, with might!
22 “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs
with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23 “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,
curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
^ajbecause they did not come to the help of the Lord,
to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24 “Most blessed of women be ^akJael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
25 ^alHe asked for water and she gave him milk;
she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.
26 ^amShe sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 Between her feet
he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
there he fell—dead.
28 ^an“Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through ^aothe lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
29 Her wisest princesses answer,
indeed, she answers herself,
30 ‘Have they not found and ^apdivided the spoil?—
A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’
31 ^aq“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
But your friends be ^arlike the sun ^asas he rises in his might.”
^atAnd the land had rest for forty years.

2 Samuel 22

David’s Song of Deliverance

1 And David spoke ^auto the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 ^avHe said,

^aw“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3 ^axmy ^{▼▼Septuagint (compare Psalm 18:2); Hebrew lacks my} God, my rock, ^azin whom I take refuge,
^bamy shield, and ^bbthe horn of my salvation,
^bcmy stronghold and ^bdmy refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
4 I call upon the Lord, who is ^beworthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
5 ^bf“For the waves of death encompassed me,
the torrents of destruction assailed me; ^{▼▼Or terrified me}
6 ^bhthe cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
7 ^bi“In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I called.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry ^bjcame to his ears.
8 “Then ^bkthe earth reeled and rocked;
^blthe foundations of the heavens trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, ^{▼▼Or in his wrath}
and devouring fire from his mouth;
^bnglowing coals flamed forth from him.
10 ^boHe bowed the heavens and ^bpcame down;
^bqthick darkness was under his feet.
11 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he was seen on ^brthe wings of the wind.
12 He made ^bsdarkness around him ^bthis canopy,
thick clouds, a gathering of water.
13 Out of the brightness before him
^bucoals of fire flamed forth.
14 ^bvThe Lord thundered from heaven,
and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out ^bwarrows and scattered them;
lightning, and routed them.
16 Then the channels of the sea were seen;
the foundations of the world were laid bare,
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the ^bxblast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 ^by“He sent from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of many waters.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,
from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
20 ^bzHe brought me out into a broad place;
he rescued me, because ^cahe delighted in me.
21 “The Lord ^cbdealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the ^cccleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
22 ^cdFor I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 ^ceFor all his rules were before me,
and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
24 I was ^cfblameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
25 ^cgAnd the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in his sight.
26 ^ch“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the ^ciblameless man you show yourself blameless;
27 with the purified you deal purely,
and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
28 ^cjYou save a humble people,
^ckbut your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 ^clFor you are my lamp, O Lord,
and my God lightens my darkness.
30 For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
31 This God— ^cmhis way is perfect;
the ^cnword of the Lord proves true;
he is ^coa shield for all those who take refuge in him.
32 “For who is God, but the Lord?
^cpAnd who is a rock, except our God?
33 This God is my ^cqstrong refuge
and has made my ^{▼▼Or his; also verse 34} way blameless. ^{▼▼Compare Psalm 18:32; Hebrew he has blamelessly set my way free, or he has made my way spring up blamelessly}
34 ^ctHe made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure ^cuon the heights.
35 ^cvHe trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your gentleness made me great.
37 ^cwYou gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet ^{▼▼Hebrew ankles} did not slip;
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
and did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;
they fell ^cyunder my feet.
40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made ^czthose who rise against me sink under me.
41 You ^damade my enemies turn their backs to me, ^{▼▼Or You gave me my enemies’ necks}
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42 They looked, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but ^dche did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine ^ddas the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down ^delike the mire of the streets.
44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; ^{▼▼Septuagint with the peoples}
you kept me as the head of ^dgthe nations;
^dhpeople whom I had not known served me.
45 Foreigners came cringing to me;
as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling ^{▼▼Compare Psalm 18:45; Hebrew equipped themselves} ^djout of their fortresses.
47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be ^dkmy God, ^dlthe rock of my salvation,
48 the God who gave me vengeance
and ^dmbrought down peoples under me,
49 who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above ^dnthose who rose against me;
you delivered me from ^domen of violence.
50 ^dp“For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
and sing praises to your name.
51 ^dqGreat salvation he brings ^{▼▼Or He is a tower of salvation} to his king,
and shows steadfast love to ^dshis anointed,
to David and his offspring ^dtforever.”

Psalms 106:12

12 Then ^duthey believed his words;
they ^dvsang his praise.

Psalms 107:8

8 ^dwLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

Psalms 107:15

15 ^dxLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

Psalms 107:21-22

21 ^dyLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them ^dzoffer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and ^eatell of his deeds in ^ebsongs of joy!

Isaiah 12

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

1 You ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1} will say ^edin that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
^eeyour anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
2 “Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for ^efthe Lord God ^{▼▼Hebrew for Yah, the Lord} is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
3 ^ehWith joy you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 3, 4} will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 ^ejAnd you will say in that day:

^ek“Give thanks to the Lord,
call upon his name,
^elmake known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim ^emthat his name is exalted.
5 ^en“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be made known ^{▼▼Or this is made known} in all the earth.
6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
for great ^epin your ^{▼▼The Hebrew for your in verse 6 is singular, referring to the inhabitant of Zion} midst is ^erthe Holy One of Israel.”