005:010 Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way. 005:011 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will 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. 005:012 Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam. 005:013 Then a remnant of the nobles [and] the people came down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty. 005:014 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zebulun. 005:015 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart. 005:016 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. 005:017 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks. 005:018 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field. 005:019 The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver. 005:020 From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera. 005:021 The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength. 005:022 Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones. 005:023 Curse Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn't come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty. 005:024 Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 005:025 He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish. 005:026 She put her hand to the tent peg, and 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. 005:027 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 005:028 Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera's mother looked through the lattice. Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait? 005:029 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,