Judges 5:9-18

⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

¹⁰Speak, ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit in judgment, And walk by the way.

¹¹They 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 towards the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: Then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

¹²Awake, awake, Deborah: Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, And lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

¹³Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: The Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

¹⁴Out 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.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

¹⁷Gilead abode beyond Jordan: And why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, And abode in his breaches.

¹⁸Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death In the high places of the field.