6. In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,in the days of Jael, the main ways were desertedbecause travelers kept to the side roads.
7. Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel,until I, Deborah, arose,a mother in Israel.
8. Israel chose new gods,then war was in the gates.Not a shield or spear was seenamong 40,000 in Israel.
9. My heart is with the leaders of Israel,with the volunteers of the people.Praise the Lord!
10. You who ride on white donkeys,who sit on saddle blankets,and who travel on the road, give praise!
11. Let them tell the righteous acts of the Lord,the righteous deeds of His warriors in Israel,with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the Lord’s people went down to the gates.
12. “Awake! Awake, Deborah!Awake! Awake, sing a song!Arise, Barak,and take hold of your captives,son of Abinoam! ”
13. The survivors came down to the nobles; the Lord’s people came down to me with the warriors.
14. Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim;Benjamin came with your people after you.The leaders came down from Machir, and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.
15. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;Issachar was with Barak.They set out at his heels in the valley.There was great searching of heartamong the clans of Reuben.
16. Why did you sit among the sheepfoldslistening to the playing of pipes for the flocks?There was great searching of heartamong the clans of Reuben.
17. Gilead remained beyond the Jordan.Dan, why did you linger at the ships?Asher remained at the seashoreand stayed in his harbors.
18. Zebulun was a people risking their lives,Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.