12. Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.
13. 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. Out of Ephraim their root [is] 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. And princes in Issachar [are] with Deborah, Yea, Issachar [is] right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the decrees of heart!
16. Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the searchings of heart!
17. Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan--why doth he sojourn [in] ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle.
18. Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also--on high places of the field.
19. Kings came--they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not!
20. From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera.
21. The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient--the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul!
22. Then broken were the horse-heels, By pransings--pransings of its mighty ones.
23. 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!