Judges 5:1-5, 18-22, 31

Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song: Blessings be to YAHWEH, who gave us victory today! For the people answered the call, and Israel threw off what once held us back. Listen, you kings! Open your ears, you princes! For I will sing a song to YAHWEH. I will make music to YAHWEH, the God of Israel. YAHWEH, when you advanced from Seir, and when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth trembled, the sky poured, the clouds burst, and the mountains melted, in the presence of YAHWEH, the Glorious One of Sinai, in the presence of YAHWEH, the God of Israel!

But Zebulun and Naphtali defied death and risked it all on the heights of the battlefield. At Taanach foreign kings came and clashed; they battled by the stream of Megiddo. The kings of Canaan fought, but they took away no spoils of silver. Even the stars in the sky joined in the fight, moving across the sky, shining as they fought against Sisera. The flooding Kishon swept them away— the ancient Kishon River contended with them. I shall march and keep marching on. So be strong, O my soul! Then thundered the horses’ hooves, pulling the chariots of the kings of Canaan. Here they come galloping on, steeds and stallions stampeding on, but they all got stuck in the mud!

YAHWEH, may all who hate you perish in the same way! But may those who love you shine like the sun, bright in its strength as it crosses the sky! Then the land had peace for forty years.