Do you even know what this song means, and what the slaves were saying ? Hebrew interpretation: Qum = rise/stand Ba is actually Abba = Father and Yah = God . As they found themselves in the most unfavorable of situations...they sanged a song for rescue to Yah in a Strang Land, amongst a people that they didn't and couldn't understand. Rise/Stand Father God , shake yourself Father God and turn back our captivity! Oh God, we repent as we remember your laws, that we have not kept, rise up O Mighty One Of Israel...