² “Assemble^(A) and listen, sons of Jacob;
    listen to your father Israel.^(B)

³ “Reuben, you are my firstborn,^(C)
    my might, the first sign of my strength,^(D)
    excelling in honor,^(E) excelling in power.
⁴ Turbulent as the waters,^(F) you will no longer excel,
    for you went up onto your father’s bed,
    onto my couch and defiled it.^(G)