1 At that time, Deborah and Barak, Abinoam’s son, sang:
2 When hair is long in Israel,when people willingly offer themselves—bless the Lord!
3 Hear, kings!Listen, rulers!I, to the Lord, I will sing.I will make music to the Lord, Israel’s God.
4 Lord, when you set out from Seir,when you marched out from Edom’s fields, the land shook,the sky poured down,the clouds poured down water.
5 The mountains quakedbefore the Lord, the one from Sinai,before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar, Anath’s son,in the days of Jael, caravans ceased.Those traveling by roadkept to the backroads.
7 Villagers disappeared;they disappeared in Israel,until you, Deborah, arose,until you arose as a mother in Israel.