7. Villages ceased in Israel--they ceased, Till that I arose--Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.
8. He chooseth new gods, Then war [is] at the gates! A shield is not seen--and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.
9. My heart [is] to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless ye Jehovah!
10. Riders on white asses--Sitters on a long robe--And walkers by the way--meditate!
11. By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah.
12. Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.
13. Then him who is left of the honourable ones He caused to rule the people of Jehovah, He caused me to rule among the mighty.
14. Out of Ephraim their root [is] against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.
15. And princes in Issachar [are] with Deborah, Yea, Issachar [is] right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the decrees of heart!
16. Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the searchings of heart!
17. Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan--why doth he sojourn [in] ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle.
18. Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also--on high places of the field.
19. Kings came--they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not!