4 ‘When you, Lord, went out from Seir,when you marched from the land of Edom,the earth shook, the heavens poured,the clouds poured down water.
5 The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of 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;travellers took to winding paths.
7 Villagers in Israel would not fight;they held back until I, Deborah, arose,until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8 God chose new leaderswhen war came to the city gates,but not a shield or spear was seenamong forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart is with Israel’s princes,with the willing volunteers among the people.Praise the Lord!
10 ‘You who ride on white donkeys,sitting on your saddle blankets,and you who walk along the road,consider