¹⁷ Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

⁶ In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.

²¹ There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

²³ A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

²² Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, `let it become' a trap.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

³⁶ But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

¹¹ Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

¹² Look on every one that is proud, `and' bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

⁷ The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸ For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

⁹ A gin shall take `him' by the heel, `And' a snare shall lay hold on him.

¹⁰ A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

¹¹ Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

¹² His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

¹⁹ He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.

²⁰ He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

²¹ He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

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

¹⁹ As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

²⁰ Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?