¹ On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: ² “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the Lord! ³ “Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song. 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; travelers 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 leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.