9. My heart is with the rulers of Israelwho offered themselves willingly among the people.Bless the Lord!
10. “You who ride on white donkeys,you who sit in judges’ attire,you who walk on the road,
11. consider the voice of those who distribute water among the watering places.There they tell of the righteous deeds of the Lord,the righteous deeds of villagers in Israel. “Then the people of the Lordgo down to the gates.
12. Awake, awake, Deborah!Awake, awake, sing a song!Stand up, Barak,and capture your prisoners, son of Abinoam!
13. “The survivorscame down to the nobles;the people of the Lordcame down for me against the mighty.
14. Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek,following you, Benjamin, with your people.From Makir rulers came down,and from Zebulun those who carry the staff of a scribe.
15. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah,and Issachar was with Barak;they were sent into the valley on foot.Among the clans of Reubenthere was great resolve of heart.
16. Why do you sit among the sheepfoldsto hear playing of pipes for the flocks?In the clans of Reubenthere was much searching of heart.
17. Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan.As for Dan, why did he stay with the ships?Asher stayed by the seacoastand settled by its bays.
18. Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the point of death,Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
19. “Kings came to wage war.The kings of Canaan waged warin Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;they took no money as profit.
20. From the heavens the stars fought,from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21. The torrent of Kishon swept them away,that ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.My soul, march on in strength!
22. Then horses’ hooves pounded,the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23. Curse Meroz, said the angel of the Lord,curse its inhabitants,for they did not come to the aid of the Lord,to the aid of the Lord against the mighty warriors.
24. “Most blessed of women is Jael,the wife of Heber the Kenite,most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25. He asked for water, she gave him milk.In a magnificent bowl she brought cream.
26. Her hand on a tent peg,her right hand on a workman’s hammer;she struck Sisera, she crushed his skull,she shattered and pierced his temple.