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David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Guzik - The conductor must lead, and the orchestra must be ready and willing to follow the conductor’s leadership. When the conductor does his job and the orchestra does their job, then beautiful music is made. (Judges 5 Commentary) Bless (barak) the LORD! (repeated for emphasis Jdg 5:9+): Why? because He alone could raise up a Deborah. He alone could motivate a Barak. He alone could prevail over 900 iron chariots. Yes, Barak's faith seems to have temporarily faltered (Jdg 4:8+). THOUGHT - We are all "Baraks" (proper name, not the verb barak) at times - we have the sure promises of God but only half-heartedly stand on them. Why? Because we have "900 iron chariots" of the "Sisera" in our life. We need to remember that when God promises, He cannot lie and so we can walk into battles against humanly impossible odds. The world would laugh at us saying how can you go against "iron chariots" when we lack any weapons? Our answer should echo Deborah's who declared "Today He has given your enemy into your hands." Blessed be the name of the LORD our God. Let us bless His marvelous Name forever and forever. Amen. Some boast in chariots, and some in horses; But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. They have bowed down and fallen; But we have risen and stood upright. (Psalm 20:7, 8)
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Guzik - We should never hide our light under a bushel (Matthew 5:15-16), but tell others of the great things God has done and is doing. Many need to wake up and sing a song of praise to the Lord. (Judges 5 Commentary) Judges 5:10 "You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road-- sing! NIV: You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider NKJV: Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, Who sit in judges' attire, And who walk along the road. NLT: "You who ride on fine donkeys and sit on fancy saddle blankets, listen! And you who must walk along the road, listen! TLB: Let all Israel, rich and poor, Join in his praises-- Those who ride on white donkeys And sit on rich carpets, And those who are poor and must walk. You who ride on white donkeys- Jdg 10:4; Jdg 12:14 You who sit on rich carpets - Psalm 107:32; Isaiah 28:6; Joel 3:12 Related Passages: Judges 12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years. ALL CLASSES HAD REASON TO BE THANKFUL You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road-- sing! - Ruling classes and rich rode white donkeys. So from the rich to the poor (those who walk rather than ride). The call to be thankful went out to all classes (even rich but it is hard to imagine a rich Israelite under the Canaanite oppression) for those who would have been able to ride on white donkeys were the people of importance as shown by the context (rich carpets). Judges 5:11 "At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the LORD, The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates. KJV They 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 toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. BBE Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel. CSB Let them tell the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His warriors in Israel, with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the LORD's people went down to the gates. ERV Far 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 of his rule in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates. ESV To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the LORD, the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel. "Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD. GWN Listen to the voices of those singing at the wells. Over and over again they repeat the victories of the LORD, the victories for his villages in Israel. Then the LORD's people went down to the city gates. NKJ Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel; Then the people of the LORD shall go down to the gates. NAB Sing of them to the strains of the harpers at the wells, where men recount the just deeds of the LORD, his just deeds that brought freedom to Israel. NET Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord's victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the LORD's people went down to the city gates– NIV the voice of the singers at the watering places. They recite the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous acts of his warriors in Israel. "Then the people of the LORD went down to the city gates. NJB sing -- to the sound of the shepherds at the watering places! There they extol Yahweh's blessings, his saving acts for his villages in Israel! (Then Yahweh's people marched down to the gates.) NLT Listen to the village musicians gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righteous victories of the LORD and the victories of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD marched down to the city gates. NRS To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the triumphs of the LORD, the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel. "Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD. YLT By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah. among the watering places Ge 26:20-22 Ex 2:17-19 Isa 12:3 righteous deeds of the LORD: Heb. righteousnesses, 1Sa 12:7 Ps 145:7 Mic Peasantry - Jdg 5:7 Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates De 22:24 Job 29:7 Isa 28:6 Jer 7:2 At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the LORD, The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates - Watering places would be sites the community would gather together. It is interesting that here and Judges 5:13 are the only places in the book of Judges where Israel is referred to as "the people of the LORD". The gates in ancient Israel were the site of legal and business activity, and so would also be the logical place to muster of troops.