Sing His Praise!

<p>5 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:<br><br>2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,<br> that the people offered themselves willingly,<br> bless the Lord!<br><br>3 “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;<br> to the Lord I will sing;<br> I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.<br><br>4 “Lord, when you went out from Seir,<br> when you marched from the region of Edom,<br>the earth trembled<br> and the heavens dropped,<br> yes, the clouds dropped water.<br>5 The mountains quaked before the Lord,<br> even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.<br><br>6 “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,<br> in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,<br> and travelers kept to the byways.<br>7 The villagers ceased in Israel;<br> they ceased to be until I arose;<br> I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.<br>8 When new gods were chosen,<br> then war was in the gates.<br>Was shield or spear to be seen<br> among forty thousand in Israel?<br>9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel<br> who offered themselves willingly among the people.<br> Bless the Lord.<br><br>10 “Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys,<br> you who sit on rich carpets<br> and you who walk by the way.<br>11 To the sound of musicians at the watering places,<br> there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord,<br> the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel.<br><br>“Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.<br><br>12 “Awake, awake, Deborah!<br> Awake, awake, break out in a song!<br>Arise, Barak, lead away your captives,<br> O son of Abinoam.<br>13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble;<br> the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.<br>14 From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley,<br> following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;<br>from Machir marched down the commanders,<br> and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant's staff;<br>15 the princes of Issachar came with Debor