¹ And Deborah, and Barak the son of Abinoam, sang in that^◦ day, saying:

² In exposing they exposed themselves in Israel,
when the people of their free·​·will offered themselves,
bless ye Jehovah!

³ Hear, ye kings;
give·​·ear, ye rulers^◦.
I^▵, even I^▵ will sing to Jehovah;
I will sing·​·psalms to Jehovah, the God of Israel.

⁴ Jehovah, when Thou wentest·​·out from Seir,
when Thou didst march from the field of Edom,
the land quaked, even the heavens dropped·​·down,
even the thick·​·clouds dropped·​·down waters.

⁵ The mountains streamed down from before Jehovah,
this Sinai from before Jehovah the God of Israel.

⁶ In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the paths stopped,
and those who walked on trails went by crooked paths.

⁷ The country·​·roads in Israel stopped,
they stopped,
until I, Deborah, arose,
I arose a mother in Israel.

⁸ They chose new gods;
then there was a fight at the gates;
was there seen a shield or^◦ a lance
among^◦ forty thousand in Israel?

⁹ My heart is toward^◦ the lawgivers of Israel
who offered· themselves ·willingly among^◦ the people.
Bless ye Jehovah!

¹⁰ Ye who ride on white she·​·donkeys,
ye who sit on Middin^*,
and ye who walk on the way, contemplate.

¹¹ From the voice of the archers between the drawings of water;
there shall they commemorate^◦ the just acts of Jehovah,
the just acts of His country·​·roads in Israel,
then the people of Jehovah went·​·down to the gates.

¹² Stir thyself, stir thyself, Deborah,
stir thyself, stir thyself, give·​·word to a song:
Arise, Barak, take·​·captive thy captivity, thou son of Abinoam.

¹³ Then^▵ shall the survivor have·​·dominion for the magnificent of the people;
Jehovah shall have·​·dominion for me among^◦ the mighty.

¹⁴ Out·​·of Ephraim whose root was in Amalek,
after thee, Benjamin among thy peoples;
out·​·of Machir came·​·down thy lawgivers,
and out·​·of Zebulun they who draw the scepter of a scribe,

¹⁵ and my princes in Issachar were with^▵ Deborah;
as was Issachar, so was Barak;
into the valley he was sent on his feet.
In the divisions of Reuben there were great statutes of heart.

¹⁶ Why didst thou sit between the packs
to hear the hissings of the droves?
For the divisions of Reuben
there were great searchings·​·out of the heart.

¹⁷ Gilead inhabited the crossing of the Jordan;
and Dan, why was· he ·afraid of ships?
Asher dwelt by^◦ the coast of the seas,
and inhabited its inlets.

¹⁸ Zebulun was a people that disdained^* his soul to die^*,
and Naphtali on the high places of the field.

¹⁹ The kings came, they fought;
then^▵ fought the kings of Canaan;
In Taanach by^◦ the waters of Megiddo;
they took no^◦ gain of silver.

²⁰ They fought from the heavens,
the stars from their highways fought with Sisera.

²¹ The brook Kishon hurtled·​·at them;
the ancient brook, the brook Kishon.
Tread, O my soul, with strength.

²² Then were the heels of the horse pounded·​·down from the trotting,
the trotting of his stout ones.

²³ Curse ye Meroz, says the angel of Jehovah;
cursing, curse her dwellers;
for they came not to the help of Jehovah,
to the help of Jehovah against^◦ the mighty.

²⁴ Blessed above women be Jael the wife of Cheber the Kenite;
Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

²⁵ Water he asked, milk she gave;
she offered butter in the dish^◦ of the magnificent.

²⁶ She put·​·forth^◦ her hand to the peg,
and her right·​·hand to what the laborer uses to pound·​·down;
and pounded·​·down upon Sisera,
beat· the peg ·into his head;
it struck^◦ and passed·​·through^◦ his temple.

²⁷ Between her feet he stooped, he fell;
he lay·​·down; Between her feet he stooped, he fell;
where he stooped, he fell devastated.

²⁸ Through the window she gazed and exclaimed,
the mother of Sisera, through the lattice;
Wherefore does his chariot delay^◦ in coming?
Wherefore does the pace^* of his chariot delay?

²⁹ The wise of her princesses answered,
Yea, she^◦ returned her sayings to herself:

³⁰ Have they not found,
and parted the spoil?
a virgin^▵*, two·​·virgins^▵ for the head mighty·​·man;
a spoil of colors?
To Sisera a spoil of colored embroidery,
of colored embroideries
for the necks of the spoil?

³¹ So let all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah,
but let those who love Him be as the sun going·​·out in its might.
And the land was quiet forty years.

¹ Then sang Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah, and they said, saying,
I will sing to Jehovah, for rising·​·up^◦ He has raised· Himself ·up^◦,
the horse and his rider has He thrown·​·out^* into the sea.

² My strength and psalm is Jah, and He has been my salvation;
this is my God^◦, and I will make· Him ·a·​·home;
the God of my father, and I will exalt Him.

³ Jehovah is a man^◦ of war; Jehovah is His name.

⁴ Pharaoh’s chariots and his forces He has cast into the sea;
and the chosen of the third -ranking leaders are sunk in the Suph sea^*.

⁵ The abysses have covered them; they went·​·down into the depths as^▵ a stone.

⁶ Thy right·​·hand, O Jehovah, is·​·magnificent in power;
with Thy right·​·hand, O Jehovah, Thou breakest·​·in·​·pieces the enemy.

⁷ And in the multitude of Thine excellency Thou breakest·​·down those who rise·​·up against Thee;
Thou sendest forth Thy fierceness, it devours them as stubble.

⁸ And with the wind of Thy nostrils the waters were stacked·​·up,
the streams stood·​·up as a heap^◦;
the abysses were congealed in the heart of the sea.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will·​·part the spoil; my soul shall be filled with them;
I will unsheathe my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.

¹⁰ Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them;
they sought the shadows as lead in the magnificent waters.

¹¹ Who is like^◦ Thee, O Jehovah, among^◦ the gods^◦?
Who is like^◦ Thee, magnificent in holiness,
to be feared with praises, doing what is wonderful?

¹² Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed· them ·up.

¹³ In Thy mercy Thou hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed;
Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to^▵ the home of Thy holiness.

¹⁴ The peoples have heard, they have trembled;
travailing has seized those who dwell·​·in Philistia.

¹⁵ Then^▵ were the leaders of Edom vexed;
the powerful of Moab, quivering has seized them;
all who dwell·​·in Canaan are dissolved.

¹⁶ Terror has fallen on them, and dread;
in the greatness of Thine arm they shall be·​·still^* as a stone,
until Thy people shall cross·​·over, O Jehovah,
until this people shall cross·​·over which^◦ Thou hast bought.

¹⁷ Thou shalt bring· them ·in, Thou shalt plant them in the mountain of Thine inheritance,
in the established place Thou hast wrought for Thee to dwell, O Jehovah,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that Thy hands have established.

¹⁸ Jehovah shall reign to eternity and forever.

¹⁹ For the horse of Pharaoh came with his chariot and with his horsemen into the sea,
and Jehovah turned·​·back the waters of the sea upon them;
and the sons of Israel went on the dry through the midst of the sea.

²⁰ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

²¹ And Miriam answered to them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for rising·​·up^◦ He has raised· Himself ·up^◦; the horse and his rider has He thrown·​·out into the sea.

²² And Moses made Israel journey from the Suph Sea, and they went out to the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no waters.

²³ And they came to^▫ Marah, and they could not drink the waters for bitterness, for they^◦ were bitter; therefore he called the name of it Marah.

²⁴ And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

²⁵ And he cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There He set for him a statute and a judgment, and there He tempted him;

²⁶ and He said, If hearing thou wilt hear the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do what is upright in His eyes, and wilt give·​·ear to His commandments, and wilt keep all His statutes, all the sicknesses that I have put on the Egyptians, I will not put upon thee, because I am Jehovah thy healer.

²⁷ And they came to Elim, and there were twelve founts of waters there, and seventy palm·​·trees; and they encamped there by the waters.