2. “The leaders led Israel.The people volunteered to go to battle.Praise the Lord!
3. Listen, kings.Pay attention, rulers!I myself will sing to the Lord.I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4. “Lord, in the past you came from Edom.You marched from the land of Edom,and the earth shook.The skies rained,and the clouds dropped water.
5. The mountains shook before the Lord, the God of Mount Sinai.They shook before the Lord, the God of Israel!
6. “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,in the days of Jael, the main roads were empty.Travelers went on the back roads.
7. There were no warriors in Israeluntil I, Deborah, arose.I arose to be a mother to Israel.
8. At that time they chose to follow new gods.Because of this, enemies fought us at our city gates.No one could find a shield or a spearamong the 40,000 men of Israel.
9. My heart is with the commanders of Israel.They volunteered freely from among the people.Praise the Lord!
10. “You who ride on white donkeysand sit on saddle blankets, listen!And you who walk along the road, listen!
11. Listen to the sound of the singersat the watering holes.There they tell about the victories of the Lord.They tell about the victories of the Lord’s warriors in Israel.Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.
12. “Wake up, wake up, Deborah!Wake up, wake up, sing a song!Get up, Barak!Go capture your enemies, son of Abinoam!
13. “Then the men who were left came down to the important leaders.The Lord’s people came down to me with strong men.
14. They came from Ephraim in the mountains of Amalek.Benjamin was among the people who followed you.From the family group of Makir in West Manasseh, the commanders came down.And from Zebulun came those men who lead with an officer’s staff.