² “When the princes in Israel take the lead,
    when the people willingly offer^(D) themselves—
    praise the Lord!^(E)

³ “Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
    I, even I, will sing to^[a] the Lord;^(F)
    I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.^(G)

⁷ Villagers in Israel would not fight;
    they held back until I, Deborah,^(A) arose,
    until I arose, a mother in Israel.
⁸ God chose new leaders^(B)
    when war came to the city gates,^(C)
but not a shield or spear^(D) was seen
    among forty thousand in Israel.
⁹ My heart is with Israel’s princes,
    with the willing volunteers^(E) among the people.
    Praise the Lord!

¹⁰ “You who ride on white donkeys,^(F)
    sitting on your saddle blankets,
    and you who walk along the road,
consider

³¹ “So may all your enemies perish,^(A) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun^(B)
    when it rises in its strength.”^(C)