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11 From the sound of those who divide their work loads
    at the watering troughs,
there they will retell the righteous deeds of the Lord,
    the righteous victories for his rural people in Israel.”

Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates.

12 “Wake up! Wake up, Deborah!
    Wake up! Wake up, Deborah!
Get up, Barak, and dispose of your captives,
    you son of Abinoam!
13 Then the survivors approached the nobles;
    the people of the Lord approached me in battle array.

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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.