1	Then sang# Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying# ,
			2	Praise# ye the LORD for the avenging# # of Israel, when the people willingly offered# themselves.
			3	Hear# , O ye kings; give ear# , O ye princes# ; I, even I, will sing# unto the LORD; I will sing# praise to the LORD God of Israel.
			4	LORD, when thou wentest out# of Seir, when thou marchedst out# of the field of Edom, the earth trembled# , and the heavens dropped# , the clouds also dropped# water.
			5	The mountains melted# from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. [melted: Heb. flowed]
			6	In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied# , and the travellers# walked# through byways# . [travellers: Heb. walkers of paths] [byways: Heb. crooked ways]
			7	The inhabitants of the villages ceased# , they ceased# in Israel, until that I Deborah arose# , that I arose# a mother in Israel.
			8	They chose# new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen# among forty thousand in Israel?
			9	My heart is toward the governors# of Israel, that offered themselves willingly# among the people. Bless# ye the LORD.
			10	Speak# , ye that ride# on white asses, ye that sit# in judgment, and walk# by the way. [Speak: or, Meditate]
			11	They that are delivered from the noise of archers# in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse# the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down# to the gates. [righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses]
			12	Awake# , awake# , Deborah: awake# , awake# , utter# a song: arise# , Barak, and lead thy captivity captive# , thou son of Abinoam.
			13	Then he made him that remaineth have dominion# over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion# over the mighty.
			14	Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down# governors# , and out of Zebulun they that handle# the pen of the writer# . [handle: Heb. draw with]
			15	And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent# on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. [foot: Heb. his feet] [thoughts: Heb. impressions] [For: or, In]
			16	Why abodest# thou among the sheepfolds, to hear# the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. [For: or, In]
			17	Gilead abode# beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain# in ships? Asher continued# on the sea shore, and abode# in his breaches. [shore: or, port] [breaches: or, creeks]
			18	Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded# their lives unto the death# in the high places of the field. [jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach]
			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.
			20	They fought# from heaven; the stars in their courses fought# against Sisera. [courses: Heb. paths]
			21	The river of Kishon swept them away# , that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down# strength.
			22	Then were the horsehoofs# broken# by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. [pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings]
			23	Curse# ye Meroz, said# the angel of the LORD, curse# ye bitterly# the inhabitants# thereof; because they came# not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
			24	Blessed# above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed# shall she be above women in the tent.
			25	He asked# water, and she gave# him milk; she brought forth# butter in a lordly dish.
			26	She put# her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote# Sisera, she smote off# his head, when she had pierced# and stricken through# his temples. [with...: Heb. she hammered]
			27	At her feet he bowed# , he fell# , he lay down# : at her feet he bowed# , he fell# : where he bowed# , there he fell down# dead# . [At: Heb. Between] [dead: Heb. destroyed]
			28	The mother of Sisera looked# out at a window, and cried# through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long# in coming# ? why tarry# the wheels of his chariots?
			29	Her wise ladies answered# her, yea, she returned# answer to herself, [answer: Heb. her words]
			30	Have they not sped# ? have they not divided# the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? [every...: Heb. the head of a man]
			31	So let all thine enemies# perish# , O LORD: but let them that love# him be as the sun when he goeth forth# in his might. And the land had rest# forty years.