2 “The men of Israel prepared for battle. They volunteered to go to war. Praise the Lord!
3 “Listen, kings. Pay attention, rulers. I will sing. I myself will sing to the Lord. I will make music to the Lord, to the God of the Israelites.
4 “Lord, in the past you came from Seir. You marched from the land of Edom. You marched and the earth shook. The skies rained. The clouds dropped water.
5 The mountains shook before the Lord, the God of Mount Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel!
6 “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, the main roads were empty. Caravans and travelers traveled on the back roads.
7 “There were no soldiers in Israel until you came, Deborah, until you came to be a mother to Israel.
8 “God chose new leaders to fight at the city gates. No one could find a shield or a spear among the 40,000 soldiers of Israel.