Judges 5:1 says, Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,  After the victory, Deborah and Barak sang a song of praise to God.  We should be singing our praises to God today, because He has given us an everlasting victory.  Verse two states, Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.  The song starts with proclaiming praise to God and says that the people of Israel willingly offered themselves to Him.  We must first willingly offer ourselves to God before we will ever have a reason to offer praises to Him.  It was only after the people of Israel returned to Him and called on Him for help that He sent Deborah to lead them to victory.  Verse three says, Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.  Deborah called on all the kings and princes to listen, because she was going to be singing praises to God.  These kings and princes may have felt powerful, but Deborah called on them to hear about God.  No matter how powerful a person may be in the world today, they need to not only hear about God, but also acknowledge His power and glory.  Verse four states, LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.  Deborah sings of God's power over what are often called the forces of nature.  The earth shook and the rain came down.  God does not need people in order to be victorious over the evil forces in the world, but He chooses to allow us to be a part of the victory.  Verse five adds, The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.  Deborah sang that even the mountains could not stand before the power of God, so how could people.  I don't believe that every natural disaster that occurs is God's judgment of people, but I do believe that He can control the universe to accomplish His will.  Verse six says, In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways,  Here Deborah was speaking about the state of Israel before the LORD delivered them.  They were not free to come and go as they chose to do.  Verse seven adds,.The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.  Deborah sings that the people of Israel were under the power of other nations until she arose.  This was not singing praises to herself though.  Deborah was simply singing about what God had done through her.  When we sing praises to God, we need to make sure that it is God Who is praised and not we ourselves.  Verse eight proclaims, They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?  It was because of the idolatry of the people of Israel that God had allowed them to be defeated, and until they returned to Him they were helpless.  Anytime we allow ourselves to be caught up in the idolatry of the world we are not going to have God's protection in life, even as a follower of Christ.  If we have allowed this to happen, then we must repent and ask God's forgiveness once again.  Verse nine says, My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.  Deborah sang of the governors of Israel who had willingly offered themselves to the people, and asked that God be blessed because of them.  No matter how much we may do for God and His people as followers of Christ today, we must always make sure that He receives the glory.  Verse ten states, Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.  This is a call for all the people to sing praises to God.  Verse eleven adds, They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.  They were to sing of the power of God in delivering them.  We today have everlasting deliverance through Jesus Christ if we have accepted Him as our Savior and Lord, so we should always sing praises to God.