17 However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of (A)Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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21 There(A) is no peace,”
Says my God, “for the wicked.”

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22 (A)Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.

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19 It will be (A)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?

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40 (A)He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

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35 I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.
36 Yet [a]he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:36 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Syr., Vg. I passed by

11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone who is (A)proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.

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The steps of his strength are shortened,
And (A)his own counsel casts him down.
For (B)he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
The net takes him by the heel,
And (C)a snare lays hold of him.
10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
11 (D)Terrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.
12 His strength is starved,
And (E)destruction is ready at his side.

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19 He leads [a]princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.
20 (A)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 (B)He pours contempt on princes,
And [b]disarms the mighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:19 Lit. priests, but not in a technical sense
  2. Job 12:21 loosens the belt of

24 “Most blessed among women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
(A)Blessed is she among women in tents.

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“In the days of (A)Shamgar, son of Anath,
In the days of (B)Jael,
(C)The highways were deserted,
And the travelers walked along the byways.

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