Judges 5:14-27

“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down, After you, Benjamin, with your relatives; From Machir came down commanders and rulers, And from Zebulun those who handle the scepter of the [office of] scribe. “And the heads of Issachar came with Deborah; As Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed at his heels; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. “Why [Reuben] did you linger among the sheepfolds, To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. “Gilead remained beyond the Jordan; And why did Dan live as an alien on ships? Asher sat [still] on the seacoast, And remained by its landings. [These did not come to battle for God’s people.] “But Zebulun was a people who risked their lives to the [point of] death; Naphtali also, on the heights of the field. ¶“The kings came and fought; Then the kings of Canaan fought At Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. Spoils of silver they did not obtain. “From the heavens the stars fought, From their courses they fought against Sisera. “The torrent Kishon swept the enemy away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. “Then the horses’ hoofs beat [loudly] Because of the galloping—the galloping of his valiant and powerful steeds. ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the messenger of the LORD, ‘Utterly curse its inhabitants; Because they did not come to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the mighty.’ ¶“Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent. “Sisera asked for water and she gave him milk; She brought him curds in a magnificent bowl. “She reached out her [left] hand for the tent peg, And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head; And she shattered and pierced his temple. “He bowed, he fell, he lay [still] at her feet; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell dead.