Judges Chapter 5
So Deborah and Barak were vibing that day, saying,
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Shout out to the Lord for holding it down for Israel when the crew stepped up and offered themselves, no cap.
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Yo, kings, listen; princes, pay attention; I’m about to drop a song for the Lord; I’ll give major props to the Lord God of Israel.
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, {even} I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing {praise} to the LORD God of Israel.
Lord, when you rolled out from Seir, when you marched outta the fields of Edom, the earth shook, and the heavens dropped like, no lie, the clouds got all rainy.
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
The mountains were melting in front of the Lord, even Sinai was like, whoa, in front of the Lord God of Israel.
The mountains melted from before the LORD, {even} that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. {melted: Heb. flowed}
Back in the days of Shamgar son of Anath and Jael, the highways were empty, and travelers were low-key using the back roads.
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. {travellers: Heb. walkers of paths} {byways: Heb. crooked ways}
The village homies were ghosting, they were MIA in Israel, until I, Deborah, showed up and became a mother figure in Israel.
{The inhabitants of} the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
They chose new gods; then it was war at the gates: was there even a shield or spear among forty thousand in Israel?
They chose new gods; then {was} war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
My heart's with the leaders of Israel, who stepped up willingly among the squad. Bless the Lord, fr.
My heart {is} toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
Speak up, you who ride on white donkeys, you who judge and walk the path.
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. {Speak: or, Meditate}
If you made it outta the chaos of archers by the water, that’s where you gotta vibe and remember all the lit things God did for His people in Israel; then the squad of the Lord shows up at the gates.
{They that are delivered} from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, {even} the righteous acts {toward the inhabitants} of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. {righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses}
Yo, wake up, Deborah! Drop a fire track: rise up, Barak, and take your crew back, son of Abinoam.
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
He made sure the ones left had power over the top dogs; the Lord gave me the rizz to dominate over the strong.
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
From Ephraim, there was a squad ready to roll against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, in your crew; from Machir came the bosses, and from Zebulun, those who craft the bangers.
Out of Ephraim {was there} a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. {handle: Heb. draw with}
The princes of Issachar were chilling with Deborah; even Issachar and Barak were sent on foot into the valley. Reuben had some serious thoughts going on.
And the princes of Issachar {were} with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben {there were} great thoughts of heart. {foot: Heb. his feet} {thoughts: Heb. impressions} {For: or, In}
Why you vibing with the sheep, just listening to the bleats? Reuben was deep in his feels.
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben {there were} great searchings of heart. {For: or, In}
Gilead was hanging out beyond Jordan: why was Dan just chilling on ships? Asher was posted at the beach, holding it down.
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. {shore: or, port} {breaches: or, creeks}
Zebulun and Naphtali were the real ones who risked it all in the high spots of the field.
Zebulun and Naphtali {were} a people {that} jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. {jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach}
The kings showed up and threw down, then the kings of Canaan went hard in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they didn’t even care about the cash.
The kings came {and} fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
They were fighting from the sky; the stars were out here battling against Sisera.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. {courses: Heb. paths}
The river Kishon swept them away, like an ancient vibe, for real. Oh my soul, you just crushed it.
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
The horsehoofs got wrecked from all the prancing, like the rizz of their strong ones was no joke.
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. {pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings}
Yo, Meroz is cursed, said the angel of the Lord, like, seriously, curse those who didn’t help the Lord against the strong ones.
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, is blessed above all women, straight up goated in the tent.
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
He asked for water, and she was like, "Here’s some milk," and served him butter on a fancy plate.
He asked water, {and} she gave {him} milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
She put her hand on the nail and the other on the hammer, and with that hammer, she took Sisera out, no cap.
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. {with...: Heb. she hammered}
At her feet, he bowed and fell, like he was done for; where he bowed, he just dropped dead.
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. {At: Heb. Between} {dead: Heb. destroyed}
Sisera's mom was peeping from the window, like, "Why’s his chariot taking forever? Where the wheels at?"
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot {so} long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Her wise ladies were like, "Yeah, for sure," and she was answering herself, no doubt.
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, {answer: Heb. her words}
They ain't come back yet? Did they not split the loot; every dude got a girl or two; Sisera got all the colorful stuff, like, fancy needlework for those who take the spoils?
Have they not sped? have they {not} divided the prey; to every man a damsel {or} two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, {meet} for the necks of {them that take} the spoil? {every...: Heb. the head of a man}
So let all the haters fade away, Lord: but those who vibe with you be like the sun shining bright. And the land was chill for forty years.
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but {let} them that love him {be} as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.