[1] Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, [2]
For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered
themselves willingly, Bless you Yahweh. [3] Hear, you kings; give ear, you
princes; I, [even] I, will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praise to Yahweh,
the God of Israel. [4] Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, When you
marched out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the sky also dropped,
Yes, the clouds dropped water. [5] The mountains quaked at the presence of
Yahweh, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. [6] In
the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways
were unoccupied, The travelers walked through byways. [7] The rulers ceased
in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother
in Israel. [8] They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a
shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel? [9] My heart is toward
the governors of Israel, Who offered themselves willingly among the people:
Bless you Yahweh. [10] Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, You who
sit on rich carpets, You who 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 Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel.
Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates. [12] Awake, awake,
Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away your
captives, you son of Abinoam. [13] Then came down a remnant of the nobles
[and] the people; Yahweh came down for me against the mighty. [14] Out of
Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After you, Benjamin,
among your peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, Out of Zebulun those
who handle the marshal`s staff. [15] The princes of Issachar were with
Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth
at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of
heart. [16] Why sat you among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the
flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
[17] Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher
sat still at the haven of the sea, Abode by his creeks. [18] Zebulun was a
people that jeopardized their lives to the death, Naphtali, on the high
places of the field. [19] The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings
of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
[20] From the sky the stars fought, From their courses they fought against
Sisera. [21] The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the
river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength. [22] Then did the horse
hoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
[23] Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh. Curse you bitterly the
inhabitants of it, Because they didn`t come to the help of Yahweh, To the
help of Yahweh against the mighty. [24] Blessed above women shall Jael be,
The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
[25] He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a
lordly dish. [26] She put her hand to the tent-pin, Her right hand to the
workmen`s hammer; With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his
head; Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples. [27] At her feet he
bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed,
there he fell down dead. [28] Through the window she looked forth, and
cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot
so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait? [29] Her wise
ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself, [30] Have they
not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every
man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments
embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of
the spoil? [31] 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.