So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh: But let those who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. The land had rest forty years.
The emphases in this song are that God’s people should honor Him for His salvation, the importance of cooperation in God’s work, and the heroism of people such as Jael. The greatest argument for the propriety of Jael’s action is God’s honoring of her in this song (Judges 5:24-27). The whole song of Deborah celebrates the establishment of God’s justice and righteousness (cf. Judges 5:11).