Judges 5:7 - Prayer Tents

Judges 5

The Song of Deborah

5On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song.H7891H1683H1301H1121H42H3117H5592"Israel's leaders took charge, and the people gladly followed. Praise the LORD!H1288H3068H6544H6546H3478H5971H50683"Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you mighty rulers! For I will sing to the LORD. I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.H8085H4428H238H7336H7891H3068H2167H3068H430H34784"LORD, when you set out from Seir and marched across the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the cloudy skies poured down rain.H3068H3318H8165H6805H7704H123H776H7493H8064H5197H5645H5197H43255The mountains quaked in the presence of the LORD, the God of Mount Sinai—in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.H2022H5140H6440H3068H5514H6440H3068H430H34786"In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways.H3117H8044H1121H6067H3117H3278H734H2308H1980H3212H6128H54107There were few people left in the villages of Israel

—until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel.H6520H2308H2308H3478H1683H6965H6965H517H34788When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel!H977H2319H430H3901H8179H4043H7420H7200H705H505H34789My heart is with the commanders of Israel, with those who volunteered for war. Praise the LORD!H3820H2710H3478H5068H5971H1288H306810"Consider this, you who ride on fine donkeys, you who sit on fancy saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road.H7878H7392H6715H860H3427H4055H1980H187011Listen to the village musicians

gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righteous victories of the LORD and the victories of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD marched down to the city gates.H6963H2686H4857H8567H6666H3068H6666H6520H3478H5971H3068H3381H817912"Wake up, Deborah, wake up! Wake up, wake up, and sing a song! Arise, Barak! Lead your captives away, son of Abinoam!H5782H5782H1683H5782H5782H1696H7892H6965H1301H7628H7617H1121H4213"Down from Tabor marched the few against the nobles. The people of the LORD marched down against mighty warriors.H8300H7287H117H5971H3068H7287H136814They came down from Ephraim—a land that once belonged to the Amalekites; they followed you, Benjamin, with your troops. From Makir the commanders marched down; from Zebulun came those who carry a commander's staff.H669H8328H6002H310H1144H5971H4353H3381H2710H2074H4900H7626H560815The princes of Issachar were with Deborah and Barak. They followed Barak, rushing into the valley. But in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.H8269H3485H1683H3485H1301H7971H7272H6010H6390H7205H1419H2711H382016Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks? Yes, in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.H3427H996H4942H8085H8292H5739H6390H7205H1419H2714H382017Gilead remained east of the Jordan. And why did Dan stay home? Asher sat unmoved at the seashore, remaining in his harbors.H1568H7931H5676H3383H1835H1481H591H836H3427H3220H2348H7931H466418But Zebulun risked his life, as did Naphtali, on the heights of the battlefield.H2074H5321H5971H2778H5315H4191H4791H770419"The kings of Canaan came and fought, at Taanach near Megiddo's springs, but they carried off no silver treasures.H4428H935H3898H3898H4428H3667H8590H4325H4023H3947H1215H370120The stars fought from heaven. The stars in their orbits fought against Sisera.H3898H8064H3556H4546H3898H551621The Kishon River swept them away—that ancient torrent, the Kishon. March on with courage, my soul!H5158H7028H1640H6917H5158H5158H7028H5315H1869H579722Then the horses' hooves hammered the ground, the galloping, galloping of Sisera's mighty steeds.H6119H5483H1986H1726H1726H4723'Let the people of Meroz be cursed,' said the angel of the LORD.'Let them be utterly cursed, because they did not come to help the LORD—to help the LORD against the mighty warriors.'H779H4789H559H4397H3068H779H779H3427H935H5833H3068H5833H3068H136824"Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. May she be blessed above all women who live in tents.H1288H802H3278H802H2268H7017H1288H802H16825Sisera asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a bowl fit for nobles, she brought him yogurt.H7592H4325H5414H2461H7126H2529H117H560226Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman's hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.H7971H3027H3489H3225H6001H1989H1986H5516H4277H7218H4272H2498H754127He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet. And where he sank, there he died.H7272H3766H5307H7901H7272H3766H5307H834H3766H5307H770328"From the window Sisera's mother looked out. Through the window she watched for his return, saying, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why don't we hear the sound of chariot wheels?'H517H5516H8259H2474H2980H822H7393H954H935H309H6471H481829"Her wise women answer, and she repeats these words to herself.H2450H8282H6030H7725H56130'They must be dividing the captured plunder—with a woman or two for every man. There will be colorful robes for Sisera, and colorful, embroidered robes for me. Yes, the plunder will include colorful robes embroidered on both sides.'H4672H2505H7998H7218H1397H7356H7361H5516H7998H6648H7998H6648H7553H6648H7553H6677H799831"LORD, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!" Then there was peace in the land for forty years.H341H6H3068H157H8121H3318H1369H776H8252H705H8141