Tutti.
Lord, when thou wentest forth out of Seir,
When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom,
The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped,
Yea, the clouds dropped water.
The mountains flowed down at the presence of
the Lord,
Even yon Sinai at the presence of the
Lord, the God of Israel.
1. The Desolation
Men.
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of Jael,
The highways were unoccupied,
And the travellers walked through byways;
The rulers ceased in Israel,
They ceased—
Women.
Until that I, Deborah, arose,
That I arose a mother in Israel.
They chose new gods;
Then was war in the gates:
Was there a shield or spear seen
Among forty thousand in Israel?
Men.
My heart is toward the governors of Israel—
Women.
Ye that offered yourselves willingly among the people—
Men.
Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses,
Ye that sit on rich carpets,
And ye that walk by the way:—
Women.
Far from the noise of archers,
In the places of drawing water:—
Tutti.
There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord,
Even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel.