2 “aWhen the leaders led in Israel,
When bthe people volunteered,
Bless Yahweh!
3 Hear, O kings; give ear, O rulers!
aAs for me, to Yahweh, I will sing;
I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
4 aO Yahweh, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
bThe earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Even the clouds dripped water.
5 aThe mountains flowed at the presence of Yahweh,
bThis Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
6 “In the days of aShamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of bJael, the paths had ceased,
So travelers went by roundabout paths.
7 The peasantry ceased; they ceased in Israel,
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8 aGod chose new leaders;
Then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or a spear was seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart goes out to athe commanders of Israel,
The volunteers among the people;
Bless Yahweh!