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My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel,
    those offering themselves willingly among the people;
        bless Yahweh!
10 The riders of white female donkeys,
    those sitting on saddle blankets,
        and those going on the way, talk about it!
11 At the sound of those dividing[a] the sheep
        among the watering places,
    there they will recount the righteous deeds of Yahweh,
    the righteous deeds for his warriors[b] in Israel.
Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:11 Meaning uncertain; other translations have “archers” (Tanakh), “musicians” (ESV, NRSV) or “singers” (NIV, HCSB)
  2. Judges 5:11 Hebrew “warrior”