1 GLT So Deborah sang with Barak, the son of Abinoam, on that day, saying: BSB BSB: On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 GLT “When long hair flowed freely in Israel, as people enlisted themselves willingly, everyone bless Yahweh! BSB BSB: “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
3 GLT Hear, O kings! Give ear, O rulers! I, unto Yahweh, even I, I will sing, I will make music unto Yahweh, the God of Israel. BSB BSB: Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
4 GLT Yahweh, because of your going forth out of Seir, because of your marching out of the open land of Edom, the earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, also the dark clouds dripped down water. BSB BSB: O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
5 GLT Mountains flowed because of the presence of Yahweh, this Sinai, because of the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. BSB BSB: The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
6 GLT In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, main roads were abandoned, and walkers of footpaths would walk crooked paths. BSB BSB: In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
7 GLT Rural people ceased to be in Israel, they ceased to be until when I arose, Deborah, when I arose, a mother in Israel! BSB BSB: Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
8 GLT When he chose new gods, then there was fighting at the city gates, neither shield nor spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel. BSB BSB: When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
9 GLT My heart is alongside those pledging order in Israel, those freely enlisting themselves among the people. Everyone bless Yahweh! BSB BSB: My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
10 GLT Riding on white donkeys, sitting on carpets, or walking along a road, sing of this, BSB BSB: You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
11 GLT louder than the sound of those distributing water from watering places. There they continuously celebrate the righteous deeds of Yahweh, the righteous actions of his rural people in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates. BSB BSB: the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
12 GLT Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away captive your prisoner, the son of Abinoam. BSB BSB: ‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
13 GLT Then a survivor prevails over nobles, the people of Yahweh prevail at my side against the warriors. BSB BSB: Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
14 GLT From Ephraim, their root was against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. From Machir those with resolve came down, and from Zebulun those who wield the scepter of a scribe. BSB BSB: Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
15 GLT My princes in Issachar were with Deborah; and Issachar was also with Barak into a plain he was sent out on his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolutions of heart. BSB BSB: The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
16 GLT Why did you sit among the campfires, in order to hear signaling for flocks? As for the divisions of Reuben there were great resolutions of heart. BSB BSB: Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
17 GLT Gilead settled in the region beyond the Jordan; but Dan, why does he sojourn on ships? Asher dwelt at the coast of the seas and he resides along his harbors. BSB BSB: Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
18 GLT Zebulun was a people willfully scorning its soul even to death, also Naphtali on the elevated places of the battlefield. BSB BSB: Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
19 GLT Kings came, they did battle; at that time the kings of Canaan did battle at Taanach along the waters of Megiddo. Plunder of silver they did not take. BSB BSB: Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
20 GLT From the heavens the stars did battle, from their courses they did battle against Sisera. BSB BSB: From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 GLT The Kishon River swept them away, the ancient river, the Kishon River. Tread on, O my soul, in strength! BSB BSB: The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
22 GLT Then hooves of a horse beat down, from rushing, the rushing of his valiant ones. BSB BSB: Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
23 GLT ‘Curse Meroz!’ said the messenger of Yahweh.‘You shall surely curse those dwelling in it, because they did not come to the aid of Yahweh— to the aid of Yahweh against the mighty men.’ BSB BSB: ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
24 GLT Jael is most blessed of women, the wife of Heber, the Kenite, out of women in the tent she is blessed. BSB BSB: Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 GLT Water he requested, milk she gave, in a bowl suitable for nobles, she brought curdled milk. BSB BSB: He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
26 GLT They reached out, her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to a hammer of workmen; she struck Sisera, she shattered his head. She struck through and she pierced his temple. BSB BSB: She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 GLT Between her feet, he bowed, he fell, he lay down. Between her feet he bowed, he fell; at the place where he bowed, there he fell violently destroyed. BSB BSB: At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
28 GLT Through the window she had looked down and lamented, the mother of Sisera through the lattice window.‘Why has his chariot delayed in coming? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariots late?’ BSB BSB: Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
29 GLT The wisest of her princesses answered, yet she continued her utterance to herself: BSB BSB: Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
30 GLT ‘Are they not finding, are they dividing up spoil, a maiden, two maidens for every warrior, spoil of dyed fabrics for Sisera, spoil of dyed fabrics, embroidered, dyed fabric embroidered on both sides for the necks as spoil?’ BSB BSB: ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
31 GLT So may all of your enemies perish, Yahweh! But may those who love him be as the coming forth of the sun in its strength.” Then the land was tranquil forty years. BSB BSB: So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
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