《士师记》是《旧约圣经》其中一卷，天主教译名是《民长纪》。

士师记内容记述鬼魔的宗教如何缠绕“为害”以色列民，以及耶和华怎样借助他所任命的士师“怜悯悔改”的百姓，拯救他们。俄陀聂、以笏、珊迦及其后各士师的行为能够“强化信心”。正如希伯来书的执笔者使徒保罗说：“若要一一细说，基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他，……时候就不够了。他们因着信，制伏了敌国，行了公义，……软弱变为刚强，争战显出勇敢，打退外邦的全军。”这个时期共有12位的士师，他们也包括陀拉、睚珥、以比赞、以伦和押顿。耶和华为士师争战，以他的灵帮助他们作战。经上认为，他们把功劳和荣耀全归与上帝。

The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired leaders whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as champions for the Israelites from oppression by foreign rulers, and models of wise and faithful behaviour required of them by their God Yahweh following the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan. The stories follow a consistent pattern: the people are unfaithful to Yahweh and he therefore delivers them into the hands of their enemies; the people repent and entreat Yahweh for mercy, which he sends in the form of a leader or champion (a "judge"); the judge delivers the Israelites from oppression and they prosper, but soon they fall again into unfaithfulness and the cycle is repeated. Scholars consider many of the stories in Judges to be the oldest in the Deuteronomistic history with their major redaction dated to the 8th century BCE and with materials (such as the Song of Deborah) dating from much earlier, perhaps close to the period the book depicts.