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

⁴ “When you, Lord, went out^(C) from Seir,^(D)
    when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook,^(E) the heavens poured,
    the clouds poured down water.^(F)

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!