1 ¶ Then sang Deborah with Barak, the son of Abinoam, on that day, saying,

And Deborah singeth -- also Barak son of Abinoam -- on that day, saying: --

2 P raise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

`For freeing freemen in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves Bless ye Jehovah.

3 H ear, O ye kings. Give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will praise the LORD God of Israel.

Hear, ye kings; give ear, ye princes, I, to Jehovah, I -- I do sing, I sing praise to Jehovah, God of Israel.

4 L ORD, when thou didst go out of Seir, when thou didst march out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped; the clouds also dropped water.

Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

5 T he mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.

Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one -- Sinai -- From the face of Jehovah, God of Israel.

6 ¶ In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and those that walked went astray through crooked paths.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go crooked ways.

7 T he inhabitants of the villages ceased; they had ceased in Israel until I Deborah arose, I arose a mother in Israel.

Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.

8 W hen they chose new gods, the war was at the gates. Was there a shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

He chooseth new gods, Then war at the gates! A shield is not seen -- and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.

9 M y heart is toward the princes of Israel, those that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

My heart to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless ye Jehovah!

10 S peak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that preside in judgment, and walk by the way.

Riders on white asses -- Sitters on a long robe -- And walkers by the way -- meditate!

11 B ecause of the noise of archers, taken from among those that draw water, there they shall retell the righteousnesses of the LORD, even the righteousnesses of his villages in Israel. Now shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah.

12 ¶ Rise up, rise up, Deborah; rise up, rise up, sing a song. Stand up, Barak and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.

13 N ow he has made the remnant of the people to have dominion over the magnificent; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

Then him who is left of the honourable ones He caused to rule the people of Jehovah, He caused me to rule among the mighty.

14 O ut of Ephraim came his root against Amalek; after thee, came Benjamin, against thy peoples; out of Machir came down princes; and from Zebulun, those that handle the pen of the writer.

Out of Ephraim their root against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.

15 A lso princes of Issachar were with Deborah; and Issachar, like Barak, went on foot into the valley. From the divisions of Reuben, great are the thoughts of the heart.

And princes in Issachar with Deborah, Yea, Issachar right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, Great the decrees of heart!

16 W hy didst thou abide among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? From the divisions of Reuben great are the searchings of the heart.

Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great the searchings of heart!

17 G ilead remained on the other side of the Jordan, and why did Dan remain next to the ships? Asher continued on the sea shore and remained in his breaches.

Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan -- why doth he sojourn ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle.

18 Z ebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

Zebulun a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also -- on high places of the field.

19 T he kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

Kings came -- they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not!

20 T hey fought from the heavens; the stars from their ways fought against Sisera.

From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera.

21 T he river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. Tread down, O my soul, with strength.

The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient -- the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul!

22 T hen were the hoofs of the horses broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

Then broken were the horse-heels, By pransings -- pransings of its mighty ones.

23 C urse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof because they did not come to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

Curse Meroz -- said a messenger of Jehovah, Cursing, curse ye its inhabitants, For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty!

24 ¶ Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.

25 H e asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth cream in a lordly dish.

Water he asked -- milk she gave; In a lordly dish she brought near butter.

26 S he put her hand to the stake, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer, and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

Her hand to the pin she sendeth forth, And her right hand to the labourers' hammer, And she hammered Sisera -- she smote his head, Yea, she smote, and it passed through his temple.

27 A t her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

Between her feet he bowed -- He fell, he lay down; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell -- destroyed.

28 T he mother of Sisera looked out the window and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots tarry?

Through the window she hath looked out -- Yea, she crieth out -- the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot?

29 H er wise princesses answered her; and she even answered to herself,

The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself:

30 H ave they not found spoil and are dividing it? To each man a damsel or two; to Sisera a spoil of different colours, a spoil of different colours of needlework, of different colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of those that take the spoil?

Do they not find? -- they apportion spoil, A female -- two females -- for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work -- a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!

31 S o let all thine enemies perish, O LORD, but let those that love thee be as the sun when he rises in all his might. And the land had rest forty years.

So do all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah, And those loving Him As the going out of the sun in its might!' and the land resteth forty years.