26 (A)She sent her hand to the tent peg
    and her right hand to the workmen's mallet;
she struck Sisera;
    she crushed his head;
    she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 Between her feet
    he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
    he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
    there he fell—dead.

28 (B)“Out of the window she peered,
    the mother of Sisera wailed through (C)the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’

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26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
    her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
    she shattered and pierced his temple.(A)
27 At her feet he sank,
    he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
    where he sank, there he fell—dead(B).

28 “Through the window(C) peered Sisera’s mother;
    behind the lattice she cried out,(D)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’

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