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1. And Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, sang on that day, saying:
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1. Then sang H7891 Deborah H1683 and Barak H1301 the son H1121 of Abinoam H42 on that H1931 day H3117 , saying H559 ,
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2. For the loosing of locks of hair in Israel; for the willing offering of the people, bless Jehovah!
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2. Praise H1288 ye the LORD H3068 for the avenging H6544 H6546 of Israel H3478 , when the people H5971 willingly offered themselves H5068 .
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3. Listen, O kings; give ear, O princes. I, even I, will sing to Jehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah the God of Israel.
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3. Hear H8085 , O ye kings H4428 ; give ear H238 , O ye princes H7336 ; I H595 , even I H595 , will sing H7891 unto the LORD H3068 ; I will sing H2167 praise to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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4. O Jehovah, when You went forth out of Seir, when You marched out of the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped. Yea, the clouds dropped water.
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4. LORD H3068 , when thou wentest out H3318 of Seir H4480 H8165 , when thou marchedst H6805 out of the field H4480 H7704 of Edom H123 , the earth H776 trembled H7493 , and H1571 the heavens H8064 dropped H5197 , the clouds H5645 also H1571 dropped H5197 water H4325 .
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5. The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah, this Sinai quaked from before Jehovah the God of Israel.
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5. The mountains H2022 melted H5140 from before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 , even that H2088 Sinai H5514 from before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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6. In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and those going in the paths traveled in byways.
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6. In the days H3117 of Shamgar H8044 the son H1121 of Anath H6067 , in the days H3117 of Jael H3278 , the highways H734 were unoccupied H2308 , and the travelers H1980 H5410 walked H1980 through byways H734 H6128 .
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7. The leaders ceased in Israel; they ceased until I, Deborah, arose; I arose as a mother in Israel.
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7. The inhabitants of the villages H6520 ceased H2308 , they ceased H2308 in Israel H3478 , until that H5704 that I Deborah H1683 arose H7945 H6965 , that I arose H6965 a mother H517 in Israel H3478 .
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8. They chose new gods; then war was at the gates! Neither a shield nor a spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
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8. They chose H977 new H2319 gods H430 ; then H227 was war H3901 in the gates H8179 : was there a shield H4043 or spear H7420 seen H7200 among forty H705 thousand H505 in Israel H3478 ?
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9. My heart was toward the lawgivers of Israel, who freely offered themselves among the people; bless Jehovah!
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9. My heart H3820 is toward the governors H2710 of Israel H3478 , that offered themselves willingly H5068 among the people H5971 . Bless H1288 ye the LORD H3068 .
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10. You that ride on white asses, you that sit on rich carpets, and you going on the way, sing out!
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10. Speak H7878 , ye that ride H7392 on white H6715 asses H860 , ye that sit H3427 in H5921 judgment H4055 , and walk H1980 by H5921 the way H1870 .
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11. Louder than the voice of the dividers between the watering places there, they shall tell of the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts of His leaders in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
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11. They that are delivered from the noise H4480 H6963 of archers H2686 in H996 the places of drawing water H4857 , there H8033 shall they rehearse H8567 the righteous acts H6666 of the LORD H3068 , even the righteous acts H6666 toward the inhabitants of his villages H6520 in Israel H3478 : then H227 shall the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 go down H3381 to the gates H8179 .
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12. Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Rise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, son of Abinoam.
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12. Awake H5782 , awake H5782 , Deborah H1683 : awake H5782 , awake H5782 , utter H1696 a song H7892 : arise H6965 , Barak H1301 , and lead thy captivity captive H7617 H7628 , thou son H1121 of Abinoam H42 .
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13. Then He caused me to tread on the remnant of the noble ones of the people; Jehovah trod for me among the warriors.
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13. Then H227 he made him that remaineth H8300 have dominion H7287 over the nobles H117 among the people H5971 : the LORD H3068 made me have dominion H7287 over the mighty H1368 .
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14. Out of Ephraim they came, those whose root was against Amalek. After you, Benjamin, among your peoples; and out of Machir came down commanders; and out of Zebulun the ones that hold the staff of the scribe.
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14. Out of H4480 Ephraim H669 was there a root H8328 of them against Amalek H6002 ; after H310 thee, Benjamin H1144 , among thy people H5971 ; out of H4480 Machir H4353 came down H3381 governors H2710 , and out of Zebulun H4480 H2074 they that handle H4900 the pen H7626 of the writer H5608 .
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15. And my commanders in Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak. They were sent into the valley at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben resolves of heart were great!
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15. And the princes H8269 of Issachar H3485 were with H5973 Deborah H1683 ; even Issachar H3485 , and also H3651 Barak H1301 : he was sent H7971 on foot H7272 into the valley H6010 . For the divisions H6391 of Reuben H7205 there were great H1419 thoughts H2711 of heart H3820 .
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16. Why did you sit between the sheepfolds to hear the bleatings of flocks? At the divisions of Reuben searchings of heart were great!
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16. Why H4100 abodest H3427 thou among H996 the sheepfolds H4942 , to hear H8085 the bleatings H8292 of the flocks H5739 ? For the divisions H6391 of Reuben H7205 there were great H1419 searchings H2714 of heart H3820 .
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17. Gilead remained beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan stay in ships? Asher sat at the shore by the water, and remained by his havens.
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17. Gilead H1568 abode H7931 beyond H5676 Jordan H3383 : and why H4100 did Dan H1835 remain H1481 in ships H591 ? Asher H836 continued H3427 on the sea H3220 shore H2348 , and abode H7931 in H5921 his breaches H4664 .
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18. Zebulun, a people who despised his life, even to death; also Naphtali on the high places of the field.
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18. Zebulun H2074 and Naphtali H5321 were a people H5971 that jeopardized H2778 their lives H5315 unto the death H4191 in H5921 the high places H4791 of the field H7704 .
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19. Kings came; they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of silver.
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19. The kings H4428 came H935 and fought H3898 , then H227 fought H3898 the kings H4428 of Canaan H3667 in Taanach H8590 by H5921 the waters H4325 of Megiddo H4023 ; they took H3947 no H3808 gain H1214 of money H3701 .
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20. The stars fought from the heavens; from their courses they fought with Sisera.
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20. They fought H3898 from H4480 heaven H8064 ; the stars H3556 in their courses H4480 H4546 fought H3898 against H5973 Sisera H5516 .
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21. The Kishon torrent swept them away, the ancient river, the Kishon torrent. You trod, my soul, in strength.
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21. The river H5158 of Kishon H7028 swept them away H1640 , that ancient H6917 river H5158 , the river H5158 Kishon H7028 . O my soul H5315 , thou hast trodden down H1869 strength H5797 .
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22. Then did the hooves of horses beat from the galloping, galloping of his mighty stallions.
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22. Then H227 were the horses H5483 ' hooves H6119 broken H1986 by the means of the prancings H4480 H1726 , the prancings H1726 of their mighty ones H47 .
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23. Curse Meroz, said the Angel of Jehovah; curse the ones living in it bitterly, because they did not come to the help of Jehovah, to the help of Jehovah against the warriors.
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23. Curse H779 ye Meroz H4789 , said H559 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 , curse ye bitterly H779 H779 the inhabitants H3427 thereof; because H3588 they came H935 not H3808 to the help H5833 of the LORD H3068 , to the help H5833 of the LORD H3068 against the mighty H1368 .
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24. Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. She is blessed among women in the tent.
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24. Blessed H1288 above women H4480 H802 shall Jael H3278 the wife H802 of Heber H2268 the Kenite H7017 be, blessed H1288 shall she be above women H4480 H802 in the tent H168 .
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25. He asked for water; she gave him milk; in a lordly bowl she brought curd.
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25. He asked H7592 water H4325 , and she gave H5414 him milk H2461 ; she brought forth H7126 butter H2529 in a lordly H117 dish H5602 .
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26. She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and she hammered Sisera; she smashed his head; she struck through and pierced his temple.
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26. She put H7971 her hand H3027 to the nail H3489 , and her right hand H3225 to the workmen H6001 's hammer H1989 ; and with the hammer she smote H1986 Sisera H5516 , she smote off H4277 his head H7218 , when she had pierced H4272 and stricken through H2498 his temples H7451 .
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27. Between her feet he bowed; he fell; he lay down. Between her feet he bowed; he fell! Where he bowed, there he fell down ruined.
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27. At H996 her feet H7272 he bowed H3766 , he fell H5307 , he lay down H7901 : at H996 her feet H7272 he bowed H3766 , he fell H5307 : where H834 he bowed H3766 , there H8033 he fell down H5307 dead H7703 .
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28. Through the window she looked out; yea, she cried out, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice; Why does his chariot delay to come? Why have the steps of his chariot tarried?
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28. The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 looked out H8259 at H1157 a window H2474 , and cried H2980 through H1157 the lattice H822 , Why H4069 is H954 his chariot H7393 so long H954 in coming H935 ? why H4069 tarry H309 the wheels H6471 of his chariots H4818 ?
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29. The wise ones of her princesses answered her; yea, she returned her words to herself:
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29. Her wise H2450 ladies H8282 answered H6030 her, yea H637 , she H1931 returned H7725 answer H561 to herself,
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30. Do they not find and divide the plunder? A womb, two wombs to each man's head; a plunder of dyed garments to Sisera, a plunder of embroidered dyed garments, two embroidered dyed garments for the necks of the plunderers?
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30. Have they not H3808 sped H4672 ? have they not divided H2505 the prey H7998 ; to every H7218 man H1397 a damsel or two H7356 H7356 ; to Sisera H5516 a prey H7998 of divers colors H6648 , a prey H7998 of divers colors H6648 of needlework H7553 , of divers colors H6648 of needlework H7553 on both sides, meet for the necks H6677 of them that take the spoil H7998 ?
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31. So all Your enemies shall perish, O Jehovah, and those who love Him shall be as the sun when it goes forth in its might. And the land had rest forty years.
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31. So H3651 let all H3605 thine enemies H341 perish H6 , O LORD H3068 : but let them that love H157 him be as the sun H8121 when he goeth forth H3318 in his might H1369 . And the land H776 had rest H8252 forty H705 years H8141 .
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