²² “Do not touch my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(A) no harm.”

¹⁵ “Do not touch^(A) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(B) no harm.”

⁸ “Judah,^[a](A) your brothers will praise you;
    your hand will be on the neck^(B) of your enemies;
    your father’s sons will bow down to you.^(C)
9 You are a lion’s^(D) cub,^(E) Judah;^(F)
    you return from the prey,^(G) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah,^(H)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,^[b]
until he to whom it belongs^[c] shall come^(I)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.^(J)

“In your^[a] name will Israel^(F) pronounce this blessing:^(G)
    ‘May God make you like Ephraim^(H) and Manasseh.^(I)’”

“Your dwelling will be
    away from the earth’s richness,
    away from the dew^(B) of heaven above.^(C)
40 You will live by the sword
    and you will serve^(D) your brother.^(E)
But when you grow restless,
    you will throw his yoke
    from off your neck.^(F)”