9 My heart is with Israel’s princes,

with the willing volunteers among the people.

Praise the Lord!

10 “You who ride on white donkeys,

sitting on your saddle blankets,

and you who walk along the road,

consider 11 the voice of the singers at the watering places.

They recite the victories of the Lord,

the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord

went down to the city gates.

9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel,

That offered themselves willingly among the people.

Bless ye the Lord.

10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses,

Ye that sit in judgment,

And walk by the way.

11 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.

9 My heart is with the commanders of Israel,

with those who volunteered for war.

Praise the Lord!

10 “Consider this, you who ride on fine donkeys,

you who sit on fancy saddle blankets,

and you who walk along the road.

11 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.

9 My heart is with the rulers of Israel

Who offered themselves willingly with the people.

Bless the Lord!

10 “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys,

Who sit in judges’ attire,

And who walk along the road.

11 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.

9 My heart is with the commanders of Israel.

They volunteered freely from among the people.

Praise the Lord!

10 “You who ride on white donkeys

and sit on saddle blankets,

and you who walk along the road, listen!

11 Listen to the sound of the singers

at the watering holes.

There they tell about the victories of the Lord,

the victories of the Lord’s warriors in Israel.

Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.

9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel,

That offered themselves willingly among the people:

Bless ye Jehovah.

10 Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses,

Ye that sit on rich carpets,

And ye that walk by the way.

11 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water,

There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah,

Even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel.

Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.

9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah! 10 Ye that ride on white she-asses, ye that sit on carpets, and ye that walk by the way, consider. 11 Because of the voice of those who divide the spoil in the midst of the places of drawing water; There they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, His righteous acts toward his villages in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.

9 My heart goes out to Israel’s commanders, 

to those people who volunteered. 

Praise the Lord! 

10 You people who ride on brown donkeys, 

who sit on saddle blankets, 

and who walk on the road—think. 

11 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. 

9 My heart is with the leaders of Israel,

with the volunteers of the people.

Praise the Lord!

10 You who ride on white donkeys,

who sit on saddle blankets,

and who travel on the road, give praise!

11 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.

9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel

who offered themselves willingly among the people.

Bless the Lord.

10 “Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys,

you who sit on rich carpets

and you who walk by the way.

11 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.

9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel,

those offering themselves willingly among the people;

bless Yahweh!

10 The riders of white female donkeys,

those sitting on saddle blankets,

and those going on the way, talk about it!

11 At the sound of those dividing the sheep

among the watering places,

there they will recount the righteous deeds of Yahweh,

the righteous deeds for his warriors in Israel.

Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.

9 My heart is with the princes in Israel.

It’s with the people who follow them just because they want to.

Praise the Lord!

10 “Some of you ride on white donkeys.

Some of you sit on your saddle blankets.

Some of you walk along the road.

Think about 11 the voices of the singers at the watering places.

They sing about the right things the Lord does.

They sing about the right things his warriors in Israel do.

“The people of the Lord

went down to the city gates.

9 “My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel,

The volunteers among the people;

Bless the Lord!

10 “You who ride on white donkeys,

You who sit on rich carpets,

And you who travel on the road—sing!

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.