Judges 5:10

The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.

honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.

My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,

Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.

Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!

Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’ ”

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it,

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)

As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them; for they have been found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father’s house?”

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”

The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.”

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!

Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.

Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.

and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.

The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,

“Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.

He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”

He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”

When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?” ’

Then one of the people answered, and said, “Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ ” So the people were faint.

Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab’s sons, saying,

But Abijah grew mighty, and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.

Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.

when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.

Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.

Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.

I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.

They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power,

A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

“When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’

“All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.

“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.