19  “The kings came, they fought;

then fought the kings of Canaan,

at ^uTaanach, by the waters of ^vMegiddo;

^wthey got no spoils of silver.

20  ^xFrom heaven the stars fought,

from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21  ^yThe torrent Kishon swept them away,

the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.

March on, my soul, with might!

22  “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs

with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

23  “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,

curse its inhabitants thoroughly,

^zbecause 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 ^aJael,

the wife of Heber the Kenite,

of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

25  ^bHe asked for water and she gave him milk;

she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.

26  ^cShe sent her hand to the tent peg

and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;

she struck Sisera;

she crushed his head;

she shattered and pierced his temple.

27  Between her feet

he sank, he fell, he lay still;

between her feet

he sank, he fell;

where he sank,

there he fell—dead.