Judges 5:1
In that day, Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, sang out, saying:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
In Context
2“All you of Israel who have willingly offered your lives to danger, bless the Lord!
Cross References
Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and they said: “Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been gloriously magnified: the horse and the rider he has cast into the sea.
Numbers 21:17Then Israel sang this verse: “Let the well rise up.” They sang:
1 Samuel 2:1“My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.
2 Chronicles 20:21And he gave counsel to the people. And he appointed the singing men of the Lord, so that they would praise him by their companies, and so that they would go before the army, and with one voice say: “Confess to the Lord. For his mercy is eternal.”
Job 38:7when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise?
Isaiah 12:1And you will say in that day: “I will confess to you, O Lord, because you have been angry with me; but your fury has been turned away, and you have consoled me.
Matthew Henry on Judges 5:1
This chapter contains the triumphal song which was composed and sung upon occasion of that glorious victory which Israel obtained over the forces of Jabin king of Canaan and the happy consequences of that victory. Probably it was usual then to publish poems upon such occasions, as now; but this only is preserved of all the poems of that age of the judges, because dictated by Deborah a prophetess, designed for a psalm of praise then, and a pattern of praise to after-ages, and it gives a great deal of light to the… Read the whole commentary →