¹⁷ However 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, The travelers walked through byways.

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

²³ A man's pride brings him low, But one of lowly spirit gains honor.

⁴⁰ He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

²² Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

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

³⁶ But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

¹¹ Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

¹² Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

⁷ The steps of his strength shall be shortened, His own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸ For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.

⁹ A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him.

¹⁰ A noose is hidden for him in the ground, 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 famished, Calamity shall be ready at his side.

¹⁹ He leads priests away stripped, And overthrows the mighty.

²⁰ He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the elders.

²¹ He pours contempt on princes, And loosens 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 fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, And a snake bit him.

²⁰ Will the day of Yahweh not be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?