Judges 5:20–30

²⁰They fought from the heavens;

The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

^21uThe torrent of Kishon swept them away,

That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.

O my soul, march on in strength!

²²Then the horses’ hooves pounded,

The galloping, galloping of his steeds.

²³‘Curse Meroz,’ said the ⁷angel of the Lord,

‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,

Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,

To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’

²⁴“Most blessed among women is Jael,

The wife of Heber the Kenite;

^vBlessed is she among women in tents.

²⁵He asked for water, she gave milk;

She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.

²⁶She stretched her hand to the tent peg,

Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;

She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,

She split and struck through his temple.

²⁷At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;

At her feet he sank, he fell;

Where he sank, there he fell ^wdead.

²⁸“The mother of Sisera looked through the window,

And cried out through the lattice,

‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?

Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’

²⁹Her wisest ⁸ladies answered her,

Yes, she ⁹answered herself,

³⁰‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:

To every man a girl or two;

For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,

Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,

Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’