Study Desk

^(C1)Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,

"^(C1)For ^(F1)the leaders leading in Israel, For ^(C2)the people volunteering, Bless the LORD!

-"Hear, you kings; listen, you dignitaries! ^(C1)I myself—to the LORD, I myself will sing, I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel!

-"^(C1)LORD, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, ^(C2)The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, The clouds also dripped water.

-"^(C1)The mountains ^(F1)flowed with water at the presence of the LORD, ^(C2)This Sinai, at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.

"In the days of ^(C1)Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of ^(C2)Jael, the roads ^(F1)were deserted, And travelers went by ^(F2)roundabout ways.

-"The ^(F1)peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

-"^(C1)New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.

-"My heart goes out to ^(C1)the commanders of Israel, The volunteers among the people; Bless the LORD!

-"^(C1)You who ride on ^(F1)white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road—shout in praise!

-"At the sound of those who distribute water among ^(C1)the watering places, There they will recount ^(C2)the righteous deeds of the LORD, The righteous deeds for His ^(F1)peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down ^(C3)to the gates.