Judges 5:31

Conclusion.

So let all thine enemies perish With the same completeness, with the same overthrow of proud confidence. The language recalls Psalms 68:2-3; Psalms 92:9. It is taken for granted that Israel's enemies are Jehovah's also. Jehovah's friendsare compared to the rising of the sun, an impressive figure which fitly closes the Ode. It is remarkable to find such an expression as them that love himat this early date. This idea is strongly characteristic of Deut., and of Dtc. passages in the Hexateuch, e.g. Exodus 20:6 = Deuteronomy 5:10; cf. the late Psalms 31:23; Psalms 97:10; Psalms 145:20.

And the land had rest A chronological note added by the Rd; see on Judges 3:11.