1 That day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 When they let down their hair in Israel,they let it blow wild in the wind.The people volunteered with abandon,bless God!
3 Hear O kings! Listen O princes!To God, yes to God, I’ll sing,Make music to God,to the God of Israel.
4-5 God, when you left Seir,marched across the fields of Edom,Earth quaked, yes, the skies poured rain,oh, the clouds made rivers.Mountains leapt before God, the Sinai God,before God, the God of Israel.
6-8 In the time of Shamgar son of Anath,and in the time of Jael,Public roads were abandoned,travelers went by backroads.Warriors became fat and sloppy,no fight left in them.Then you, Deborah, rose up;you got up, a mother in Israel.God chose new leaders,who then fought at the gates.And not a shield or spear to be seenamong the forty companies of Israel.
9 Lift your hearts high, O Israel,with abandon, volunteering yourselves with the people—bless God!