And they sang praise — Devorah and Barak son of Avinoam — over the miracle and the salvation that was done for Israel on that day, saying

When the House of Israel rebelled against the Torah, the nations came upon them and drove them from their holdings; and when they returned to observe the Torah, they prevailed over the enemies who oppressed them, and they expanded all the borders of Eretz Yisrael. Therefore, over the punishment that broke Sisera and all his forces, and over the miracle and salvation done for Israel, the Sages gathered to sit openly in the batei knesset and to teach Torah to the nation. Thus they blessed and gave thanks before Hashem:

Hear, O kings who came with Sisera to battle; listen, O rulers who were with Yavin, king of Canaan — not through your strength and not through your might did you prevail or go up against the House of Israel. Devorah said in prophecy before Hashem, I praise, give thanks, and bless before Hashem, the God of Israel.

Hashem, Your Torah that You gave to Israel — when they transgressed it, the nations ruled over them; and when they returned to it, they prevailed over those who oppressed them. Hashem — on the day You revealed Yourself at Sinai to give it to them — from Se’ir You appeared to them; with the radiance of Your glory You were revealed over the boundaries of Edom; the earth trembled, the heavens melted, and even the clouds poured forth rain.

The mountains quaked before Hashem — Mount Tavor, Mount Hermon, and Mount Carmel — each trembling and contending with the other. This one said to the other: "Upon me let the Shechinah rest, for it is fitting that it be revealed upon me!" and the other said "Upon me let the Shechinah rest". The Shechinah rested upon Sinai, which is it was weak and small among the mountains. That Sinai trembled and quaked, and its smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, before the glory of Hashem, God of Israel, was revealed upon it.

When they sinned in the days of Shamgar son of Anas and in the days of Yael, the travelers ceased that walked on proper roads and turned aside to hidden paths.

Cut off were the marketplaces and the open squares in which Israel used to sit; they overturned their dwellings — until I, Devorah, was sent, sent to prophesy over the House of Israel.

When the Israelites strayed to worship new deviant idols, worship in ways in which their forefathers had not been involved, the nations came upon them and drove them from their holdings. And when they returned to the Torah, they (the nations) were unable to win. And tthe hated Sisera came up against them with 40,000 captains of armies, 50,000 swordsmen, 60,000 spearmen, 70,000 shield-bearers, 80,000 archers, besides 900 iron chariots with him. And all these thousands, and all this army, could not stand before Barak and the 10,000 men with him.

Devorah said in prophecy: I was sent to praise the Scribes of Israel, for during that oppression they did not cease from studying Torah. And when peace returned to them — that they might sit openly in the batei knesset and teach the nation the words of Torah — they blessed and gave thanks before Hashem.

(Before the victory) they had abandoned their work, riding on decorated she-asses of all kinds of colors, traveling throughout the borders of Eretz Yisrael, gathering to sit in judgment, walking their paths and speaking of the strength done for them in Eretz Yisrael.

Before this (victory), they were being robbed of what was in their hands by bandits and extorted by tax-collectors even to draw water from the well — for when the daughters of Israel would go out to draw water, they could not have the sound of their footsteps’ trot could be heard by the oppressor and persecutor. There they confessed, and in the merit of Hashem and in the merit of those who sat in the marketplaces in Eretz Yisrael, they descended from the fortified cities to dwell in the open marketplaces with the nation of Hashem.

Praise! Praise, O Devorah! Praise and recount words of praise! Arise, Barak, and capture your captives, son of Avinoam.

Thus a soldier of Israel descended and broke the power of the nations’ warriors — not by their own strength was it done, rather Hashem broke before His people the might of their enemies.

From the House of Ephraim arose Yehoshua bin Nun first, who fought with Amalek; after him arose King Shaul from the House of Binyamin, and he killed the House of Amalek and waged battle with the other nations. From the House of Machir descended those registered for battle; from the tribe of Zevulun, they wrote with the quill of a book.

And the nobles of Yissachar accepted the words of Devorah, and the rest of the tribe of Yissachar served before Barak, sent to the battle-camps wherever needed. But among the children of Reuven were many empty hearted.

Why did you sit removed from the ranks of battle, to dwell between the borders on the crossroads, listening for hearsay messages. Saying to Barak, ‘We are yours,’ and saying to Sisera, ‘We are yours’ — waiting to hear the report to know which army triumphed in battle in order to join the victorious side. Is this proper for you, O tribe of Reuven? Do you not know that before Him the thoughts of the heart are revealed?

The tribe of Gilad dwelled across the Jordan; the tribe of Dan cut across and crossed the Jordan and stationed their goods in ships; the tribe of Asher remained by the seashore, among the tired of the nation, they returned and built (fortified cities) and lived there.

But the tribe of Zevulun stood against the nations who blasphemed against Hashem — they gave their lives to death; and the tribe of Naftali — all the nations of the earth praise them.

The kings who were with Sisera came and fought; indeed, they fought — the kings of Canaan — in Ta’nach, they encamped and settled near the waters of Megiddo. They did not receive cash/silver spoils.

From Heaven they waged war with them; from the place where the stars go forth in their courses — there they fought with Sisera.

The Kishon River swept them away — that river in which miracles and mighty deeds had been done for Israel from earlier times. This was the Kishon River, there my soul trampled their slain warriors in strength.

Then the hooves of their horses were torn off, from the panic that came from before You, in front of of their charging warriors.

Curse Meroz! said Barak, the prophet of Hashem. Curse it and break its inhabitants, for they did not come to aid the people of Hashem when He waged war with the warriors.

Blessed above the blessing of noble women is Yael, the wife of Chever the Kenite — like one of the women who serve in the study halls shall she be blessed.

Sisera the wicked asked her for water but she gave him milk — to determine whether his thoughts toward her would be aroused — in a warrior's bowl she brought him rich cream.

Blessed is Yael, wife of Chever the Kenite, who fulfilled what is written in the Torah of Moshe: The ornaments of a man shall not be upon a woman, nor shall a man put on the ornaments of a woman. But she — with her left hand — stretched for the stake; and with her right hand for the hammer of smiths, to break the wicked and the oppressor. She struck Sisera, smashed his head, crushed his skull; she passed the stake through his temples.

Between her legs he sank, fell, lay; between her legs he sank, fell — where he sank, there he fell destroyed, Sisera.

Through the window Sisra's mother looked and gazed, through the lattice she said: Why is the chariot of my son Sisera’s delayed from coming? Why have the runners who bring me letters of victory been delayed?

Her wise attendants answered her, and she too responded wisely to tell them:

Do they not find and divide the spoils? They give to each man and to his household great spoils, before Sisera — spoils of embroidered garments dyed with colors on his neck, rich garments and precious vessels and precious items taken for warriors who plunder.

Like Sisra, so may all the enemies of Your people perish, Hashem. And the righteous who love Him shall be destined to shine like the radiance of His glory — one of three hundred and forty-three, like the sun emerging in its strength. And the land of Israel rested from war for forty years.