Judges 5:20–30

^20xFrom heaven the stars fought,

from their courses they fought against Sisera.

^21yThe torrent Kishon swept them away,

the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.

March on, my soul, with might!

²²“Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs

with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

²³“Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,

curse its inhabitants thoroughly,

^zbecause they did not come to the help of the Lord,

to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

²⁴“Most blessed of women be ^aJael,

the wife of Heber the Kenite,

of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

^25bHe asked for water and she gave him milk;

she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.

^26cShe sent her hand to the tent peg

and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;

she struck Sisera;

she crushed his head;

she shattered and pierced his temple.

²⁷Between her feet

he sank, he fell, he lay still;

between her feet

he sank, he fell;

where he sank,

there he fell—dead.

^28d“Out of the window she peered,

the mother of Sisera wailed through ^ethe lattice:

‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?

Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’

²⁹Her wisest princesses answer,

indeed, she answers herself,

³⁰‘Have they not found and ^fdivided the spoil?—

A womb or two for every man;

spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,

spoil of dyed materials embroidered,

two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’