And Deborah sang and Barak son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:

Because of the unleashing of unleashed ones in Yisra'el, because of the people volunteering, bless יהוה.

Hear, kings! Listen, rulers! I, I will sing to יהוה. I will make music to יהוה, Elohim of Yisra'el.

יהוה, when you went out from Se'ir, when you marched from the field of Edom, the earth trembled. Also the heavens dripped; also the clouds dripped water.

The mountains flowed from before יהוה; this Sinai, from before יהוה, Elohim of Yisra'el.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Ya'el, the roads ceased, and travelers walked crooked paths.

Villages ceased in Yisra'el, they ceased, until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Yisra'el.

Elohim chose new ones; then war at the gates. Was a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Yisra'el?

My heart is toward the lawgivers of Yisra'el, the volunteers among the people. Bless יהוה.

Riders of white donkeys, sitters on the saddlecloth, and walkers on the road, speak.

From the voice of those dividing between the watering places, there they will recount the righteous deeds of יהוה, the righteous deeds of his villages in Yisra'el. Then the people of יהוה went down to the gates.

Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, speak a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, son of Abinoam!

Then the remnant of the nobles came down; the people of יהוה came down for me against the mighty.

From Efrayim, their root was in Amalek. After you, Binyamin, among your peoples. From Machir, commanders descended, and from Zevulun, those who wield the scribe's staff.

And the princes of Yissaskar were with Deborah; and Yissaskar, so too Barak, sent into the valley on his feet. Among the divisions of Re'uven were great deliberations of heart.

Why did you sit between the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling of the flocks? Among the divisions of Re'uven were great investigations of heart.

Gil'ad stayed across the Yarden. And Dan, why did he linger with ships? Asher stayed by the seashore, and by its inlets he stayed.

Zevulun is a people who risked their lives unto death, and Naftali, on the high places of the field.

Kings came; they fought. Then the kings of Kena'an fought at Ta'anakh, by the waters of Megiddo. They took no spoil of silver.

From the heavens they fought; the stars fought from their courses against Sisera.

The torrent of Qishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent of Qishon. Trample, my soul, with strength.

Then the hoofbeats of horses pounded, the galloping, the galloping of his steeds.

Curse Meroz, said the messenger of יהוה. Curse, curse its inhabitants, because they did not come to help יהוה, to help יהוה against the mighty.

May Ya'el, wife of Hever the Qenite, be blessed above women; above women in tents may she be blessed.

He asked for water; she gave milk. She brought curds in a lordly bowl.

Her hand reached for the tent peg, and her right hand for the workers' hammer. And she struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she pierced and broke through his temples.

Between her feet he crouched, he fell, he lay. Between her feet he crouched, he fell; where he crouched, there he fell destroyed.

Through the window she looked and cried out, Sisera's mother, through the lattice. Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed?

Her wisest princesses answered her; she herself answered her own words:

Will they not find? Will they not divide the spoil? A womb, two wombs for each man; spoil of colored garments for Sisera, spoil of colored garments, a colored embroidered garment, two colored embroidered garments for my neck.

So may all your enemies perish, יהוה! But may those who love him be like the sun going out in its strength. And the land was quiet for forty years.