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?