5. Thus the Lord became king in Jeshurun,when the heads of the people were gathered,all the tribes of Israel together.
6. “Let Reuben live, and not die,but let his men be few.”
7. And this he said of Judah:“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,and bring him in to his people.With your hands contend for him,and be a help against his adversaries.”
8. And of Levi he said,“Give to Levi your Thummim,and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah,with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
9. who said of his father and mother,‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothersand ignored his children.For they observed your wordand kept your covenant.
10. They shall teach Jacob your rulesand Israel your law; they shall put incense before youand whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11. Bless, O Lord, his substance,and accept the work of his hands;crush the loins of his adversaries,of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”
12. Of Benjamin he said,“The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.The High God surrounds him all day long,and dwells between his shoulders.”
13. And of Joseph he said, “Blessed by the Lord be his land,with the choicest gifts of heaven above,and of the deep that crouches beneath,
14. with the choicest fruits of the sunand the rich yield of the months,
15. with the finest produce of the ancient mountainsand the abundance of the everlasting hills,
16. with the best gifts of the earth and its fullnessand the favor of him who dwells in the bush.May these rest on the head of Joseph,on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.
17. A firstborn bull—he has majesty,and his horns are the horns of a wild ox;with them he shall gore the peoples,all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”