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12 Awake, awake, Deborah!
    Awake, awake, sing a song!
Stand up, Barak,
    and capture your prisoners, son of Abinoam!

13 “The survivors
    came down to the nobles;
the people of the Lord
    came down for me against the mighty.
14 Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek,
    following you, Benjamin, with your people.
From Makir rulers came down,
    and from Zebulun those who carry the staff of a scribe.

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12 ‘Wake up,(A) wake up, Deborah!(B)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(C)
    Take captive your captives,(D) son of Abinoam.’

13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.
14 Some came from Ephraim,(E) whose roots were in Amalek;(F)
    Benjamin(G) was with the people who followed you.
From Makir(H) captains came down,
    from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[a] staff.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.