Judges 5:1

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam,.... Deborah is first mentioned, because she was, as Kimchi says, the root or foundation of the work, the chief person in it, both in the direction of…

Deborah, as “a prophetess,” both composed and sang this noble ode, which, for poetic spirit and lyric fire, is not surpassed by any of the sacred songs in the Bible. And, as Miriam took up the first…

The former chapter let us know what great things God had done for Israel; in this we have the thankful returns they made to God, that all ages of the church might learn that work of heaven to praise…

The title says that the Ode was sung by Deborah and Barak, no doubt on account of the 1st person in Jdg 5:5; Jdg 5:5; Jdg 5:5, and the verb rendered I arosein Jdg 5:5. But in Jdg 5:5 Deborah herself…