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1 # Then sang <07891> (8799) Deborah <01683> and Barak <01301> the son <01121> of Abinoam <042> on that day <03117>, saying <0559> (8800),
2 Praise <01288> (8761) ye the LORD <03068> for the avenging <06544> (8800) <06546> of Israel <03478>, when the people <05971> willingly offered <05068> (8692) themselves.
3 Hear <08085> (8798), O ye kings <04428>; give ear <0238> (8685), O ye princes <07336> (8802) ; I, even I, will sing <07891> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>; I will sing <02167> (8762) praise to the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
4 LORD <03068>, when thou wentest out <03318> (8800) of Seir <08165>, when thou marchedst out <06805> (8800) of the field <07704> of Edom <0123>, the earth <0776> trembled <07493> (8804), and the heavens <08064> dropped <05197> (8804), the clouds <05645> also dropped <05197> (8804) water <04325>.
5 The mountains <02022> melted <05140> (8804) from before <06440> the LORD <03068>, even that Sinai <05514> from before <06440> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
6 # In the days <03117> of Shamgar <08044> the son <01121> of Anath <06067>, in the days <03117> of Jael <03278> , the highways <0734> were unoccupied <02308> (8804), and the travellers <01980> (8802) walked <03212> (8799) through byways <06128> <05410>.
7 The inhabitants of the villages <06520> ceased <02308> (8804), they ceased <02308> (8804) in Israel <03478>, until that I Deborah <01683> arose <06965> (8804), that I arose <06965> (8804) a mother <0517> in Israel <03478>.
8 They chose <0977> (8799) new <02319> gods <0430>; then was war <03901> in the gates <08179> : was there a shield <04043> or spear <07420> seen <07200> (8735) among forty <0705> thousand <0505> in Israel <03478> ?
9 My heart <03820> is toward the governors <02710> (8802) of Israel <03478>, that offered themselves willingly <05068> (8693) among the people <05971>. Bless <01288> (8761) ye the LORD <03068>.
10 Speak <07878> (8798), ye that ride <07392> (8802) on white <06715> asses <0860>, ye that sit <03427> (8802) in judgment <04055>, and walk <01980> (8802) by the way <01870>.
11 They that are delivered from the noise <06963> of archers <02686> (8764) in the places of drawing water <04857>, there shall they rehearse <08567> (8762) the righteous acts <06666> of the LORD <03068>, even the righteous acts <06666> toward the inhabitants of his villages <06520> in Israel <03478>: then shall the people <05971> of the LORD <03068> go down <03381> (8804) to the gates <08179>.
12 # Awake <05782> (8798), awake <05782> (8798), Deborah <01683>: awake <05782> (8798), awake <05782> (8798), utter <01696> (8761) a song <07892>: arise <06965> (8798), Barak <01301>, and lead thy captivity <07628> captive <07617> (8798), thou son <01121> of Abinoam <042>.
13 Then he made him that remaineth <08300> have dominion <07287> (8762) over the nobles <0117> among the people <05971> : the LORD <03068> made me have dominion <07287> (8762) over the mighty <01368>.
14 Out of Ephraim <0669> was there a root <08328> of them against Amalek <06002>; after <0310> thee, Benjamin <01144>, among thy people <05971>; out of Machir <04353> came down <03381> (8804) governors <02710> (8781), and out of Zebulun <02074> they that handle <04900> (8802) the pen <07626> of the writer <05608> (8802).
15 And the princes <08269> of Issachar <03485> were with Deborah <01683>; even Issachar <03485>, and also Barak <01301>: he was sent <07971> (8795) on foot <07272> into the valley <06010>. For the divisions <06390> of Reuben <07205> there were great <01419> thoughts <02711> of heart <03820>.
16 Why abodest <03427> (8804) thou among <0996> the sheepfolds <04942>, to hear <08085> (8800) the bleatings <08292> of the flocks <05739>? For the divisions <06390> of Reuben <07205> there were great <01419> searchings <02714> of heart <03820>.
17 Gilead <01568> abode <07931> (8804) beyond <05676> Jordan <03383>: and why did Dan <01835> remain <01481> (8799) in ships <0591>? Asher <0836> continued <03427> (8804) on the sea <03220> shore <02348> , and abode <07931> (8799) in his breaches <04664>.
18 Zebulun <02074> and Naphtali <05321> were a people <05971> that jeoparded <02778> (8765) their lives <05315> unto the death <04191> (8800) in the high places <04791> of the field <07704>.
19 The kings <04428> came <0935> (8804) and fought <03898> (8738), then fought <03898> (8738) the kings <04428> of Canaan <03667> in Taanach <08590> by the waters <04325> of Megiddo <04023>; they took <03947> (8804) no gain <01215> of money <03701>.
20 They fought <03898> (8738) from heaven <08064>; the stars <03556> in their courses <04546> fought <03898> (8738) against Sisera <05516>.
21 The river <05158> of Kishon <07028> swept them away <01640> (8804), that ancient <06917> river <05158> , the river <05158> Kishon <07028>. O my soul <05315>, thou hast trodden down <01869> (8799) strength <05797>.
22 Then were the horsehoofs <06119> <05483> broken <01986> (8804) by the means of the pransings <01726>, the pransings <01726> of their mighty ones <047>.
23 Curse <0779> (8798) ye Meroz <04789>, said <0559> (8804) the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> , curse <0779> (8798) ye bitterly <0779> (8800) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof; because they came <0935> (8804) not to the help <05833> of the LORD <03068>, to the help <05833> of the LORD <03068> against the mighty <01368> .
24 # Blessed <01288> (8792) above women <0802> shall Jael <03278> the wife <0802> of Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017> be, blessed <01288> (8792) shall she be above women <0802> in the tent <0168>.
25 He asked <07592> (8804) water <04325>, and she gave <05414> (8804) him milk <02461> ; she brought forth <07126> (8689) butter <02529> in a lordly <0117> dish <05602>.
26 She put <07971> (8799) her hand <03027> to the nail <03489>, and her right hand <03225> to the workmen's <06001> hammer <01989>; and with the hammer she smote <01986> (8804) Sisera <05516>, she smote off <04277> (8804) his head <07218>, when she had pierced <04272> (8804) and stricken through <02498> (8804) his temples <07541>.
27 At her feet <07272> he bowed <03766> (8804), he fell <05307> (8804), he lay down <07901> (8804) : at her feet <07272> he bowed <03766> (8804), he fell <05307> (8804): where <0834> he bowed <03766> (8804), there he fell down <05307> (8804) dead <07703> (8803).
28 The mother <0517> of Sisera <05516> looked <08259> (8738) out at a window <02474>, and cried <02980> (8762) through the lattice <0822>, Why is his chariot <07393> so long <0954> (8765) in coming <0935> (8800) ? why tarry <0309> (8765) the wheels <06471> of his chariots <04818>?
29 Her wise <02450> ladies <08282> answered <06030> (8799) her, yea, she returned <07725> (8686) answer <0561> to herself,
30 Have they not sped <04672> (8799)? have they not divided <02505> (8762) the prey <07998>; to every <07218> man <01397> a damsel <07356> or two <07361>; to Sisera <05516> a prey <07998> of divers colours <06648> , a prey <07998> of divers colours <06648> of needlework <07553>, of divers colours <06648> of needlework on both sides <07553>, meet for the necks <06677> of them that take the spoil <07998>?
31 So let all thine enemies <0341> (8802) perish <06> (8799), O LORD <03068>: but let them that love <0157> (8802) him be as the sun <08121> when he goeth forth <03318> (8800) in his might <01369>. And the land <0776> had rest <08252> (8799) forty <0705> years <08141>.