7. Cursed be their anger; it is violent,their rage; it is relentless.I’ll divide them up within Jacoband disperse them within Israel.
8. Judah, you are the one your brothers will honor;your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9. Judah is a lion’s cub;from the prey, my son, you rise up.He lies down and crouches like a lion;like a lioness—who dares disturb him?
10. The scepter won’t depart from Judah,nor the ruler’s staff from among his banners.Gifts will be brought to him;people will obey him.
11. He ties his male donkey to the vine,the colt of his female donkey to the vine’s branches.He washes his clothes in wine,his garments in the blood of grapes.
12. His eyes are darker than wine,and his teeth whiter than milk.
13. Zebulun will live at the seashore;he’ll live at the harbor of ships,his border will be at Sidon.
14. Issachar is a sturdy donkey,bedding down beside the village hearths.
15. He saw that a resting place was goodand that the land was pleasant.He lowered his shoulder to haul loadsand joined the work gangs.
16. Dan will settle disputes for his people,as one of Israel’s tribes.
17. Dan will be a snake on the road,a serpent on the path,biting a horse’s heels,so its rider falls backward.
18. I long for your victory, Lord.
19. Gad will be attacked by attackers,but he’ll attack their back.
20. Asher grows fine foods,and he will supply the king’s delicacies.
21. Naphtali is a wild doethat gives birth to beautiful fawns.
22. Joseph is a young bull,a young bull by a spring,who strides with oxen.
23. They attacked him fiercely and fired arrows;the archers attacked him furiously.