Verse 3
Judges 5:3
Literal Standard Version
3
Hear, you kings; give ear, you princes, || I sing to YHWH, || I sing praise to YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׁמְע֣וּ מְלָכִ֔ים הַאֲזִ֖ינוּ רֹֽזְנִ֑ים אָֽנֹכִ֗י לַֽ/יהוָה֙ אָנֹכִ֣י אָשִׁ֔ירָה אֲזַמֵּ֕ר לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
Hear, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, to the Lord, will sing; I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And Deborah sings—also Barak son of Abinoam—on that day, saying,
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“For freeing leaders in Israel, || For a people willingly offering themselves, || Bless YHWH.
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Hear, you kings; give ear, you princes, || I sing to YHWH, || I sing praise to YHWH, God (Elohim) of...
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YHWH, in Your going forth out of Seir, || In Your stepping out of the field of Edom, || The earth tr...
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5
Hills flowed from the face of YHWH, || This one—Sinai—From the face of YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel.
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In the days of Shamgar son of Anath—In the days of Jael—The ways have ceased, || And those going in...
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Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased, || Until I arose—Deborah, || That I arose, a mother in Israel...
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He chooses new gods, || Then war is at the gates! A shield is not seen—and a spear || Among forty th...
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My heart is to the lawgivers of Israel, || Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, |...
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10
Riders on white donkeys—Sitters on a long robe—And walkers by the way—meditate!
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By the voice of shouters || Between the places of drawing water, || There they give out righteous ac...
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Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take your captivity captive, ||...
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Then him who is left of the majestic ones He caused to rule the people of YHWH, || He caused me to r...
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From Ephraim are those whose root is in Amalek, || After you, Benjamin, among your peoples, || From...
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And princes in Issachar are with Deborah, || Indeed, Issachar is right with Barak, || Into the valle...
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Why have you abided between the boundaries, || To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben...
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Gilead dwelt beyond the Jordan, || And why does Dan sojourn in ships? Asher has abided at the haven...
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Zebulun is a people who exposed its soul to death, || Naphtali also—on high places of the field.
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Kings came—they fought; Then kings of Canaan fought, || In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; They d...
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They fought from the heavens: The stars fought with Sisera from their highways.
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The Brook of Kishon swept them away, || The most ancient brook—the Brook of Kishon. You tread down s...
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Then the horse-heels were broken, || By gallopings—gallopings of its mighty ones.
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Curse Meroz, said a messenger of YHWH, || Cursing, curse its inhabitants! For they did not come to t...
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Above women is Jael, || The wife of Heber the Kenite, || She is blessed above women in the tent.
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He asked for water—she gave milk; She brought butter near in a lordly dish.
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She sends forth her hand to the pin, || And her right hand to the laborers’ hammer, || And she hamme...
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He bowed between her feet—He fell, he lay down; He bowed between her feet, he fell; Where he bowed,...
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She has looked out through the window—Indeed, she cries out—the mother of Sisera, || Through the lat...
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The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, || Indeed, she returns her sayings to herself:
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Do they not find? They apportion spoil, || A female—two females—for every head, || Spoil of finger-w...
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So do all Your enemies perish, O YHWH, || And those loving Him are || As the going out of the sun in...
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