5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

5:2 For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless you Yahweh.

5:3 Hear, you kings; give ear, you princes; I, [even] I, will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

5:4 Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, When you marched out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the sky also dropped, Yes, the clouds dropped water.

5:5 The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, The travelers walked through byways.

5:7 The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

5:8 They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?

5:9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, Who offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless you Yahweh.

5:10 Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, You who walk by the way.

5:11 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.

5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.

5:13 Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.

5:14 Out of Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After you, Benjamin, among your peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, Out of Zebulun those who handle the marshal`s staff.

5:15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.

5:16 Why sat you among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

5:17 Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, Abode by his creeks.

5:18 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death, Naphtali, on the high places of the field.

5:19 The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.

5:20 From the sky the stars fought, From their courses they fought against Sisera.

5:21 The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.

5:22 Then did the horse hoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.

5:23 Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh. Curse you bitterly the inhabitants of it, Because they didn`t come to the help of Yahweh, To the help of Yahweh against the mighty.

5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

5:25 He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.

5:26 She put her hand to the tent-pin, Her right hand to the workmen`s hammer; With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his head; Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.

5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

5:28 Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?

5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,

5:30 Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?