¹⁹ “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In ^(A)Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.
²⁰ They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.
^21 (B)The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
O my soul, march on in strength!
²² Then the horses’ hooves pounded,
The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
²³ ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the ^[a]angel of the Lord,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’

²⁴ “Most blessed among women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
^(C)Blessed is she among women in tents.
²⁵ He asked for water, she gave milk;
She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.
²⁶ She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.
²⁷ At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
At her feet he sank, he fell;
Where he sank, there he fell ^(D)dead.

²⁸ “The mother of Sisera looked through the window,
And cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
²⁹ Her wisest ^[b]ladies answered her,
Yes, she ^[c]answered herself,
³⁰ ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:
To every man a girl or two;
For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’

³¹ “Thus let all Your enemies ^(E)perish, O Lord!
But let those who love Him be ^(F)like the ^(G)sun
When it comes out in full ^(H)strength.”