¹ And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead,

² and Jehovah selleth them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who hath reigned in Hazor, and the head of his host [is] Sisera, and he is dwelling in Harosheth of the Goyim;

³ and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of Israel mightily twenty years.

⁴ And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is judging Israel at that time,

⁵ and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.

⁶ And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,

⁷ and I have drawn unto thee, unto the brook Kishon, Sisera, head of the host of Jabin, and his chariot, and his multitude, and have given him into thy hand.'

⁸ And Barak saith unto her, `If thou dost go with me, then I have gone; and if thou dost not go with me, I do not go;'

⁹ and she saith, `I do certainly go with thee; only, surely thy glory is not on the way which thou art going, for into the hand of a woman doth Jehovah sell Sisera;' and Deborah riseth and goeth with Barak to Kedesh.

¹⁰ And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up -- at his feet [are] ten thousand men -- and Deborah goeth up with him.

¹¹ And Heber the Kenite hath been separated from the Kenite, from the sons of Hobab father-in-law of Moses, and he stretcheth out his tent unto the oak in Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.

¹² And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor,

¹³ and Sisera calleth all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who [are] with him, from Harosheth of the Goyim, unto the brook Kishon.

¹⁴ And Deborah saith unto Barak, `Rise, for this [is] the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?' And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

¹⁵ And Jehovah destroyeth Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the camp, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak, and Sisera cometh down from off the chariot, and fleeth on his feet.

¹⁶ And Barak hath pursued after the chariots and after the camp, unto Harosheth of the Goyim, and all the camp of Sisera falleth by the mouth of the sword -- there hath not been left even one.

¹⁷ And Sisera hath fled on his feet unto the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, for peace [is] between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite;

¹⁸ and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, `Turn aside, my lord, Turn aside unto me, fear not;' and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet.

¹⁹ And he saith unto her, `Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty;' and she openeth the bottle of milk, and giveth him to drink, and covereth him.

²⁰ And he saith unto her, `Stand at the opening of the tent, and it hath been, if any doth come in, and hath asked thee, and said, Is there a man here? that thou hast said, There is not.'

²¹ And Jael wife of Heber taketh the pin of the tent, and taketh the hammer in her hand, and goeth unto him gently, and striketh the pin into his temples, and it fasteneth in the earth -- and he hath been fast asleep, and is weary -- and he dieth.

²² And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, `Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;' and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen -- dead, and the pin in his temples.

²³ And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel,

²⁴ and the hand of the sons of Israel goeth, going on and becoming hard on Jabin king of Canaan, till that they have cut off Jabin king of Canaan.

¹ Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.

² Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

³ O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

⁴ Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

⁵ To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

⁷ Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

⁸ And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

⁹ And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

¹⁰ And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

¹² And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

¹³ They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

¹⁴ And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

¹⁵ And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.

¹⁶ And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

¹⁷ Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

¹⁸ And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

¹⁹ They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

²⁰ And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

²¹ They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

²² Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

²³ And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

²⁴ And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

²⁵ And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

²⁶ And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

²⁷ And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

²⁸ And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

²⁹ And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

³⁰ And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,

³¹ And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.

³² And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

³³ For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

³⁴ They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

³⁵ And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

³⁶ And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

³⁷ And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

³⁸ And they shed innocent blood -- blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

³⁹ And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

⁴⁰ And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

⁴¹ And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

⁴² And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

⁴³ Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

⁴⁴ And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

⁴⁵ And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

⁴⁶ And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

⁴⁷ Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise.

⁴⁸ Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, `Amen, praise Jah!'