10. “Pay attention you people riding on white donkeys, sitting on saddle blankets, and walking along the road.
11. At the watering holes for the animals, we hear the music of cymbals. People sing about the victories of the Lord, the victories of his soldiers in Israel when the Lord’S people fought at the city gates and won!
12. “Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing the song! Get up, Barak! Go capture your enemies, son of Abinoam!
13. “Now, survivors, go to the leaders. People of the Lord, come with me and the soldiers.
14. “The men of Ephraim came from the hill country of Amalek. Benjamin, those men followed you and your people. And there were commanders from the family of Makir. Leaders from the tribe of Zebulun came with their bronze clubs.
15. The leaders of Issachar were with Deborah. The family of Issachar was true to Barak. Those men marched to the valley on foot. “Reuben, there are many brave soldiers in your army groups.
16. So why did you sit there against the walls of your sheep pens? The brave soldiers of Reuben thought hard about war. But they stayed home listening to the music they played for their sheep.
17. The people of Gilead stayed in their camps on the other side of the Jordan River. As for you, people of Dan, why did you stay by your ships? The people of Asher remained by the sea, camped near their safe harbors.
18. “But the men of Zebulun and Naphtali risked their lives fighting on those hills.
19. The kings of Canaan came to fight, but they didn’t carry any treasures home. They fought at the city of Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo.
20. The stars fought them from heaven. From their paths across the sky, they fought against Sisera.
21. The Kishon River, that ancient river, swept Sisera’s men away. My soul, march on with strength!
22. The horses’ hooves hammered the ground. Sisera’s mighty horses ran and ran.
23. “The angel of the Lord said, ‘Curse the city of Meroz. Curse its people! They did not come to help the Lord fight.’ They did not help the Lord against his powerful enemies.
24. Jael was the wife of Heber the Kenite. She will be blessed above all women.
25. Sisera asked for water. Jael gave him milk. In a bowl fit for a ruler, she brought him cream.
26. Then Jael reached out and took a tent peg. Her right hand reached for a workman’s hammer. She put the peg against the side of Sisera’s head and hit it with the hammer.
27. He sank down between Jael’s feet. He fell, and there he lay. He sank down between her feet. He fell there. Where Sisera sank, he fell, and there he lay, dead!
28. “There is Sisera’s mother, looking out the window, looking through the curtains and crying. ‘Why is Sisera’s chariot so late? Why can’t I hear his wagons?’
29. “Her wisest servant girl answers her. Yes, the servant gives her an answer: