Judges 5:1–8

Then asang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

2  Praise ye the Lord for the bavenging of Israel,

cWhen the people willingly offered themselves.

3  Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye dprinces;

I, even I, will sing unto the Lord;

I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

4  Lord, eWhen thou wentest out of Seir,

fWhen thou marchedst out of the field of Edom,

gThe earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,

The clouds also dropped water.

5  hThe mountains †melted from before the Lord,

Even that iSinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

6  In the days of jShamgar the son of Anath,

In the days of kJael, lthe highways were unoccupied,

And the †travellers walked through †byways.

7  The inhabitants of the mvillages ceased, they ceased in Israel,

Until that I Deborah arose,

That I arose a mother in Israel.

8  They nchose new gods;

Then was war in the gates:

oWas there a shield or spear seen

Among forty thousand in Israel?