Judges 5:9-11

A renewed call to bless God 5:9-11

Judges 5:9 is very similar to Judges 5:2. In Judges 5:10-11, Deborah urged all the Israelites to sing praises to God for His recent victory. Those who rode on white donkeys (Judges 5:10) were the upper classes, the rulers. Those who sat on (rich) carpets (Judges 5:10) may refer to the wealthy or perhaps those who stayed at home rather than participating in the fighting. [Note: Cundall and Morris, p. 96, preferred the second view.] Those who traveled the roads (Judges 5:10) were the middle classes. Deborah called all these groups to sing praises to God for His deliverance. The writer pictured them as gathering at the wells and town gates to talk about and rejoice together in God’s goodness for giving victory to His people.