7. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.
8. Judah, as for you, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies. The sons of your father shall bow down to you.
9. Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bowed down; he crouched like a lion and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him?
10. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff between his feet, until Shiloh comes. And to him shall be the obedience of nations.
11. Binding his donkey to the vine and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he washes his clothing in the wine and his garment in the blood of grapes.
12. The eyes are darker than wine, and the teeth whiter than milk.
13. Zebulun shall settle by the shore of the sea. He shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.
14. Issachar is a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.
15. He saw a resting place that was good, and land that was pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.
16. Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17. Dan shall be a serpent on the way, a viper on the road that bites the heels of a horse, so that its rider falls backward.
18. I wait for your salvation, O Yahweh.
19. Bandits shall attack Gad, but he shall attack their heels.
20. Asher’s food is delicious, and he shall provide from the king’s delicacies.
21. Naphtali is a doe running free that puts forth beautiful words.
22. Joseph is the bough of a fruitful vine, a fruitful bough by a spring. His branches climb over the wall.
23. The archers fiercely attacked him. They shot arrows at him and were hostile to him.
24. But his bow remained in a steady position; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.