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11 At the watering holes for the animals,
    we hear the music of cymbals.
People sing about the victories of the Lord,
    the victories of his soldiers in Israel
when the Lord’s people
    fought at the city gates and won!

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

13 “Now, survivors, go to the leaders.
    People of the Lord, come with me and the soldiers.

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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.