The Song of Deborah and Barak

51 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day , saying , 2 " That the leaders led in Israel , That the people volunteered , Bless the Lord ! 3 "Hear , O kings ; give ear , O rulers ! I-to the Lord , I will sing , I will sing praise to the Lord , the God of Israel . 4 " Lord , when You went out from Seir , When You marched from the field of Edom , The earth quaked , the heavens also dripped , Even the clouds dripped water . 5 " The mountains quaked at the presence of the Lord , This Sinai , at the presence of the Lord , the God of Israel .

6 "In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath , In the days of Jael , the highways were deserted , And travelers went by roundabout ways . 7 "The peasantry ceased , they ceased in Israel , Until I, Deborah , arose , Until I arose , a mother in Israel . 8 " New gods were chosen ; Then war was in the gates . Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel . 9 "My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel , The volunteers among the people ; Bless the Lord ! 10 " You who ride on white donkeys , You who sit on rich carpets , And you who travel on the road -sing ! 11 "At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places , There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the Lord , The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel . Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates .

12 " Awake , awake , Deborah ; Awake , awake , sing a song ! Arise , Barak , and take away your captives , O son of Abinoam . 13 "Then survivors came down to the nobles ; The people of the Lord came down to me as warriors . 14 "From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down, Following you, Benjamin , with your peoples ; From Machir commanders came down , And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office . 15 "And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah ; As was Issachar , so was Barak ; Into the valley they rushed at his heels ; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great resolves of heart . 16 "Why did you sit among the sheepfolds , To hear the piping for the flocks ? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart . 17 " Gilead remained across the Jordan ; And why did Dan stay in ships ? Asher sat at the seashore e , And remained by its landings . 18 " Zebulun was a people who despised their lives even to death , And Naphtali also, on the high places of the field . 19 " The kings came and fought ; Then fought the kings of Canaan At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo ; They took no plunder in silver . 20 " The stars fought from heaven , From their courses they fought against Sisera . 21 "The torrent of Kishon swept them away , The ancient torrent , the torrent Kishon . O my soul , march on with strength . 22 " Then the horses' hoofs beat From the dashing , the dashing of his valiant steeds . 23 'Curse Meroz ,' said the angel of the Lord , 'Utterly curse its inhabitants ; Because they did not come to the help of the Lord , To the help of the Lord against the warriors .'

24 " Most blessed of women is Jael , The wife of Heber the Kenite ; Most blessed is she of women in the tent . 25 "He asked for water and she gave him milk ; In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds . 26 "She reached out her hand for the tent peg , And her right hand for the workmen's hammer . Then she struck Sisera , she smashed his head ; And she shattered and pierced his temple . 27 "Between her feet he bowed , he fell , he lay ; Between her feet he bowed , he fell ; Where he bowed , there he fell dead . 28 "Out of the window she looked and lamented , The mother of Sisera through the lattice , 'Why does his chariot delay in coming ? Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots tarry ?' 29 "Her wise princesses would answer her, Indeed she repeats her words to herself, 30 ' Are they not finding , are they not dividing the spoil ? A maiden , two maidens for every warrior ; To Sisera a spoil of dyed work , A spoil of dyed work embroidered , Dyed work of double embroidery on the neck of the spoiler ?' 31 " Thus let all Your enemies perish , O Lord ; But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might ." And the land was undisturbed for forty years .