Then sang Deborah
and Barak
the son
of Abinoam
on that day
, saying
,
Praise ye the LORD
for the avenging
of Israel
, when the people
willingly offered
themselves.
Hear, O ye kings
; give ear
, O ye princes
; I, even I, will sing
unto the LORD
; I will sing
praise to the LORD
God
of Israel
.
LORD, when thou wentest out
of Seir
, when thou marchedst out
of the field
of Edom
, the earth
trembled
, and the heavens
dropped
, the clouds
also dropped
water
.
The mountains melted
from before
the LORD
, even that Sinai
from before
the LORD
God
of Israel
.
In the days of Shamgar
the son
of Anath
, in the days
of Jael
, the highways
were unoccupied
, and the travellers
walked
through byways
.
The inhabitants of the villages ceased
, they ceased
in Israel
, until that I Deborah
arose
, that I arose
a mother
in Israel
.
They chose new
gods
; then was war
in the gates
: was there a shield
or spear
seen
among forty
thousand
in Israel
?
My heart is toward the governors
of Israel
, that offered themselves willingly
among the people
. Bless
ye the LORD
.
Speak, ye that ride
on white
asses
, ye that sit
in judgment
, and walk
by the way
.
They that are delivered from the noise of archers
in the places of drawing water
, there shall they rehearse
the righteous acts
of the LORD
, even the righteous acts
toward the inhabitants of his villages
in Israel
: then shall the people
of the LORD
go down
to the gates
.
Awake, awake
, Deborah
: awake
, awake
, utter
a song
: arise
, Barak
, and lead thy captivity
captive
, thou son
of Abinoam
.
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion
over the nobles
among the people
: the LORD
made me have dominion
over the mighty
.
Out of Ephraim was there a root
of them against Amalek
; after
thee, Benjamin
, among thy people
; out of Machir
came down
governors
, and out of Zebulun
they that handle
the pen
of the writer
.
And the princes of Issachar
were with Deborah
; even Issachar
, and also Barak
: he was sent
on foot
into the valley
. For the divisions
of Reuben
there were great
thoughts
of heart
.
Why abodest thou among
the sheepfolds
, to hear
the bleatings
of the flocks
? For the divisions
of Reuben
there were great
searchings
of heart
.
Gilead abode
beyond
Jordan
: and why did Dan
remain
in ships
? Asher
continued
on the sea
shore
, and abode
in his breaches
.
Zebulun and Naphtali
were a people
that jeoparded
their lives
unto the death
in the high places
of the field
.
The kings came
and fought
, then fought
the kings
of Canaan
in Taanach
by the waters
of Megiddo
; they took
no gain
of money
.
They fought from heaven
; the stars
in their courses
fought
against Sisera
.
The river of Kishon
swept them away
, that ancient
river
, the river
Kishon
. O my soul
, thou hast trodden down
strength
.
Then were the horsehoofs broken
by the means of the pransings
, the pransings
of their mighty ones
.
Curse ye Meroz
, said
the angel
of the LORD
, curse
ye bitterly
the inhabitants
thereof; because they came
not to the help
of the LORD
, to the help
of the LORD
against the mighty
.
Blessed above women
shall Jael
the wife
of Heber
the Kenite
be, blessed
shall she be above women
in the tent
.
He asked water
, and she gave
him milk
; she brought forth
butter
in a lordly
dish
.
She put her hand
to the nail
, and her right hand
to the workmen's
hammer
; and with the hammer she smote
Sisera
, she smote off
his head
, when she had pierced
and stricken through
his temples
.
At her feet he bowed
, he fell
, he lay down
: at her feet
he bowed
, he fell
: where
he bowed
, there he fell down
dead
.
The mother of Sisera
looked
out at a window
, and cried
through the lattice
, Why is his chariot
so long
in coming
? why tarry
the wheels
of his chariots
?
Her wise ladies
answered
her, yea, she returned
answer
to herself,
Have they not sped? have they not divided
the prey
; to every
man
a damsel
or two
; to Sisera
a prey
of divers colours
, a prey
of divers colours
of needlework
, of divers colours
of needlework on both sides
, meet for the necks
of them that take the spoil
?
So let all thine enemies perish
, O LORD
: but let them that love
him be as the sun
when he goeth forth
in his might
. And the land
had rest
forty
years
.