Judges 5:12-21

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¹² “Wake up, wake up, Deborah!
    Wake up, wake up, sing a song!
Get up, Barak!
    ·Go capture your enemies [^LTake captive your captives], son of Abinoam!

¹³ “Then ·those who were left [the remnant/survivors] ·came down to the important leaders [or of the nobles/leaders came down].
    The Lord’s people came down to me ·with strong men [or against the mighty].
¹⁴ They came from Ephraim ·in the mountains of [or whose roots were in; or who uprooted] Amalek.
    ·Benjamin was among the people who followed you [or They follow you, Benjamin, with your people/soldiers].
From ·the family group of Makir [^LMakir], the commanders came down.
    And from Zebulun came those who ·lead [^Lcarry the officer’s/commander’s staff].
¹⁵ The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.
    The people of Issachar were loyal to Barak
    and ·followed him [were sent under his command; ^Lwere sent at his feet] into the valley.
·The Reubenites [^LAmong the clans of Reuben they] ·thought hard
    about what they would do [greatly searched their hearts; or had great indecision].
¹⁶ Why did you stay by the sheepfold?
    Was it to hear the ·music played [whistling] for your ·sheep [flocks]?
·The Reubenites [^LAmong the clans of Reuben they] ·thought hard
    about what they would do [greatly searched their hearts; or had great indecision].
¹⁷ ·The people of Gilead [^LGilead; ^Cthe grandson of Manasseh, though the term is used for the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan] stayed east of the Jordan River.
    ·People of Dan [^LDan; 1:34], why did you stay by the ships [^CDan remained on the Mediterranean coast rather than help in the battle]?
The people of Asher stayed at the seashore,
    at their ·safe harbors [coves; landings].
¹⁸ But the people of Zebulun ·risked their lives [^Ldespised their lives even to death],
    as did the people of Naphtali on the ·battlefield [^Lheights of the field].

¹⁹ “The kings came, and they fought.
    At that time the kings of Canaan fought
at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo.
    But they took away no ·silver or possessions of Israel [plunder of silver].
²⁰ The stars fought from heaven [^Cpersonified as God’s army];
    from their ·paths [courses], they fought Sisera.
²¹ The Kishon River swept Sisera’s men away,
    that ·old river [ancient torrent], the Kishon ·River [torrent; ^Ca rainstorm sent from God swelled the river].
March on, my soul, with strength!