New American Standard Bible 2020

Judges 5:3-11

3Hear, you kings; listen, you dignitaries! 1I myself--to the Lord, I myself will sing, I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel!4 2Lord, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, 3The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, The clouds also dripped water.5 4The mountains 5flowed with water at the presence of the Lord, 6This Sinai, at the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.

6“In the days of 7Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of 8Jael, the roads 9were deserted, And travelers went by 10roundabout ways.7The 11peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.8 12New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.9My heart goes out to 13the commanders of Israel, The volunteers among the people; Bless the Lord!10 14You who ride on 15white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road--shout in praise!11At the sound of those who distribute water among 16the watering places, There they will recount 17the righteous deeds of the Lord, The righteous deeds for His 18peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down 19to the gates.

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Notes

1. Judges 5:3 Ps 27:6 ↩
2. Judges 5:4 Deut 33:2; Ps 68:7 ↩
3. Judges 5:4 Ps 68:8, 9 ↩
4. Judges 5:5 Ex 19:18 ↩
5. Judges 5:5 As in MT; LXX quaked ↩
6. Judges 5:5 Ps 68:8 ↩
7. Judges 5:6 Judg 3:31 ↩
8. Judges 5:6 Judg 4:17 ↩
9. Judges 5:6 Lit had ceased ↩
10. Judges 5:6 Lit twisting ↩
11. Judges 5:7 Or rural dwellers ↩
12. Judges 5:8 Deut 32:17 ↩
13. Judges 5:9 Judg 5:2 ↩
14. Judges 5:10 Judg 10:4; 12:14 ↩
15. Judges 5:10 Or tawny ↩
16. Judges 5:11 Gen 24:11; 29:2, 3 ↩
17. Judges 5:11 1 Sam 12:7; Mic 6:5 ↩
18. Judges 5:11 Or rural dwellers ↩
19. Judges 5:11 Judg 5:8 ↩

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