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11 Listen to the sound of the singers
    at the watering holes.
There they tell about the victories of the Lord,
    the victories of the Lord’s warriors in Israel.
Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.

12 “Wake up, wake up, Deborah!
    Wake up, wake up, sing a song!
Get up, Barak!
    Go capture your enemies, son of Abinoam!

13 “Then those who were left came down to the important leaders.
    The Lord’s people came down to me with strong men.

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11 the voice of the singers[a] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories(A) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.(B)
12 ‘Wake up,(C) wake up, Deborah!(D)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(E)
    Take captive your captives,(F) son of Abinoam.’

13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.