My heart is with Israel’s princes,
    with the willing volunteers(A) among the people.
    Praise the Lord!

10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(B)
    sitting on your saddle blankets,
    and you who walk along the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers[a] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories(C) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.(D)
12 ‘Wake up,(E) wake up, Deborah!(F)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(G)
    Take captive your captives,(H) son of Abinoam.’

13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

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