2 “Because the leaders took the lead in Israel,because the people offered themselves willingly,be blessed, the Lord!
3 “Hear, you kings!Give ear, you princes!I, even I, will sing to the Lord.I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4 “Lord, when you went out of Seir,when you marched out of the field of Edom,the earth trembled, the sky also dropped.Yes, the clouds dropped water.
5 The mountains quaked the Lord’s presence,even Sinai at the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied.The travellers walked through byways.
7 The rulers ceased in Israel.They ceased until I, Deborah, arose;Until I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods.Then war was in the gates.Was there a shield or spear seen amongst forty thousand in Israel?