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17 Gilead dwelt beyond the Jordan, and Dan, why does he sojourn on ships? Asher continued at the seashore, and by his inlets he dwelt. 18 Zebulun is a people who exposed its soul to death, and Naphtali, on the heights of the field. 19 The kings came—they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; spoils of silver they did not take. 20 From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera. 21 The torrent of Kishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon. March on in strength, O my soul. 22 Then pounded the hooves of horses, from the galloping—the galloping of its mighty ones. 23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of YHWH. ‘Bitterly curse its dwellers, because they did not come to the aid of YHWH, to the aid of YHWH against the mighty.’ 24 Most blessed above women is Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; above women in the tent she is blessed. 25 Water he requested, milk she gave; in a Magnificent bowl she brought out curds. 26 Her hand to the tent peg she stretched, and her right hand to the hammer of workmen, and she pounded Sisera, she pierced his head, and she shattered and pierced through his temple. 27 Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell dead. 28 Through the window looked and cried out the mother of Sisera, through the lattice, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’ 29 The wisest of her princesses answered her; indeed, she returns her words herself: 30 ‘Do not they find and divide the loot—a womb or two wombs for every man; loot of dyed garments for Sisera, loot of embroidered dyed garments, two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’ 31 So may all Your enemies perish, O YHWH; and let those who love Him be like the sun when it rises in full strength.” And the land had rest forty years. Judges 5:17-31, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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