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Extolled above women be Jael,

Extolled above women in death.

He asked for water, she gave him death;

She brought his doom in a lordly dish.

She stretched forth her hand to the nail,

and the workman's hammer,

Extolled above women be Jael,

Extolled above women in death.

And she smote Sisera; she crushed his head,

She crashed through and transfixed his temples.

But first they laid together

As she planted the seed

Yet she sits clear of all guilt

As her aim was not pleasure

Sin for heaven’s sake

Is greater than

Fulfillment of god’s commandments

And with a hammer and nail

She crushed his skull

Yet she sits clear of all guilt

As her aim was not pleasure

And she smote Sisera; she crushed his head