Deuteronomy 33:18-29

English Standard Version

^(A)“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and Issachar, in your tents.
¹⁹ They shall call peoples ^(B)to their mountain;
    there they offer ^(C)right sacrifices;
for they draw from the abundance of the seas
    and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!
    Gad crouches ^(E)like a lion;
    he tears off arm and scalp.
^21 (F)He chose the best of the land for himself,
    for there a commander's portion was reserved;
and ^(G)he came with the heads of the people,
    with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord,
    and his judgments for Israel.”

^(I)“Dan is a lion's cub
    ^(J)that leaps from Bashan.”

“O Naphtali, sated with favor,
    and full of the blessing of the Lord,
    ^(L)possess the lake^[a] and the south.”

“Most blessed of sons be Asher;
    let him be the favorite of his brothers,
    and let him ^(N)dip his foot in oil.
²⁵ Your bars shall be iron and bronze,
    and as your days, so shall your strength be.

^26 (O)“There is none like God, O ^(P)Jeshurun,
    ^(Q)who rides through the heavens to your help,
    through the skies in his majesty.
²⁷ The eternal God is your ^(R)dwelling place,^[b]
    and underneath are the everlasting arms.^[c]
And he thrust out the enemy before you
    and said, ‘Destroy.’
²⁸ So Israel lived in safety,
    ^(S)Jacob lived ^(T)alone,^[d]
in a land of grain and wine,
    whose heavens drop down dew.
²⁹ Happy are you, O Israel! ^(U)Who is like you,
    a people ^(V)saved by the Lord,
^(W)the shield of your help,
    and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
    and you shall tread upon their backs.”