Judges 5:20–30

²⁰“^aThe stars fought from heaven;

From their courses they fought against Sisera.

²¹“The river of Kishon swept them away,

The ancient river, the river Kishon.

^aO my soul, march on with strength.

²²“^aThen the horses’ hoofs beat

From the dashing, the dashing of his ¹valiant steeds.

²³‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of Yahweh,

‘Utterly curse its inhabitants,

^aBecause they did not come to the help of Yahweh,

To the help of Yahweh against the warriors.’

²⁴“^aMost 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 mighty bowl she brought him curds.

²⁶“She sent forth her hand for the tent peg,

And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.

Then she beat Sisera; she smashed his head,

And she crushed 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 violently devastated.

²⁸“Out of the window she looked and lamented,

The mother of Sisera through the ¹lattice,

‘Why does his chariot delay in coming?

Why do the ²hoofbeats of his chariots tarry?’

²⁹“Her wise princesses would answer her,

Indeed she repeats her words to herself,

³⁰‘^aAre they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?

A maiden, two maidens for every mighty man;

To Sisera a spoil of dyed work,

A spoil of dyed work embroidered,

Dyed work of double embroidery on the ¹neck of the spoil?’