19. “The kings came, they fought;then fought the kings of Canaan,at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver.
20. From heaven the stars fought,from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21. The torrent Kishon swept them away,the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.March on, my soul, with might!
22. “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofswith the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23. “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the Lord,to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24. “Most blessed of women be Jael,the wife of Heber the Kenite,of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
25. He asked for water and she gave him milk;she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.
26. She sent her hand to the tent pegand her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;she struck Sisera;she crushed his head;she shattered and pierced his temple.
27. Between her feethe sank, he fell, he lay still;between her feethe sank, he fell;where he sank,there he fell—dead.