5:11 Hear
there they tell of
the victorious deeds of his warriors
Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –
5:12 Wake up, wake up, Deborah!
Wake up, wake up, sing a song!
Get up, Barak!
Capture your prisoners of war,
5:13 Then the survivors
the Lord’s people came down to me
5:14 They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek,
they follow
From Makir leaders came down,
from Zebulun came
5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,
the men of Issachar
into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command.
Among the clans of Reuben there was intense
5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds,
listening to the shepherds playing their pipes
As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.
5:17 Gilead stayed put
As for Dan – why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards?
Asher remained
he stayed
5:18 The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives;
Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.
5:19 Kings came, they fought;
the kings of Canaan fought,
at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,
but
5:20 From the sky
from their paths in the heavens
5:21 The Kishon River carried them off;
the river confronted them
Step on the necks of the strong!
5:22 The horses’
the stallions galloped madly.
5:23 ‘Call judgment down on
‘Be sure
because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle,
to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’