1. Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:
2. “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,that the people offered themselves willingly,bless the Lord!
3. “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;to the Lord I will sing;I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4. “Lord, when you went out from Seir,when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembledand the heavens dropped,yes, the clouds dropped water.
5. The mountains quaked before the Lord, even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6. “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,and travelers kept to the byways.
7. The villagers ceased in Israel;they ceased to be until I arose;I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
8. When new gods were chosen,then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seenamong forty thousand in Israel?