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10 “Some of you ride on white donkeys.
    Some of you sit on your saddle blankets.
    Some of you walk along the road.
Think about 11 the voices of the singers at the watering places.
    They sing about the victories of the Lord.
    They sing about the victories of his people who live in Israel’s villages.

“The people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.
12 ‘Wake up, Deborah! Wake up!’ they said.
    ‘Wake up! Wake up! Begin to sing!
Barak, get up!
    Son of Abinoam, capture your prisoners!’

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10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(A)
    sitting on your saddle blankets,
    and you who walk along the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers[a] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories(B) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

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

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Footnotes

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