Judges 5:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ The towns of Israel stood abandoned, Deborah;
    they stood empty until you came,^[a]
    came like a mother for Israel.
⁸ Then there was war in the land
    when the Israelites chose new gods.
Of the forty thousand men in Israel,
    did anyone carry shield or spear?
⁹ My heart is with the commanders of Israel,
    with the people who gladly volunteered.
    Praise the Lord!