“Yahweh came from Sinai,
    and he dawned upon them from Seir;
    he shone forth from Mount Paran,
and he came with myriads of holy ones,
    at his right hand a fiery law for them.^[e]
3 Moreover,^[f] he loves his people,^[g]
    all the holy ones were in your hand,
and they bowed down to^[h] your feet,
    each one accepted directions from you.^[i]
4 A law Moses instructed for us,
    as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
⁵ And then a king arose in Jeshurun,
    at the gathering of the leaders of the people,
    united were the tribes of Israel.^[j]
6 “May Reuben live, and may he not die,
    and let his number not be few.”^[k]
7 And he said this of Judah,^[l]
“Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah,
    and bring him to his people;
his own hands strive^[m] for him,
    and may you be a help against^[n] his foes.”
⁸ And of Levi he said,
    “Your Thummim and your Urim
are for your faithful one,^[o]
    whom you tested at Massah;^[p]
you contended with him
    at the waters of Meribah.
⁹ The one saying of his father and of his mother,
    ‘I have not regarded them,’
and his brothers he did not acknowledge,
    and his children^[q] he did not know,
but rather they observed your word,
    and your covenant they kept.
¹⁰ They taught^[r] your regulations to Jacob,
    and your law to Israel;
they placed incense smoke before you,^[s]
    and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
¹¹ Bless, O Yahweh, his substance,
    and with the work of his hands you must be pleased;
smite the loins of those who attack him,
    and those hating him, so that they cannot arise.”^[t]
12 Of Benjamin he said,
“The beloved of Yahweh dwells securely,^[u]
    the Most High^[v] shields all around him,
all the day,
    and between his shoulders he dwells.”
¹³ And of Joseph he said,
    “Blessed by Yahweh is his land,
with^[w] the choice things of heaven,
    with^[x] dew, and with^[y] the deep lying down beneath,
¹⁴ and with^[z] the choice things of the fruits^[aa] of the the sun,
    and with the choice things of the yield of the seasons,^[ab]
15 and with^[ac] the finest things of the ancient mountains,
    and with^[ad] the choice things of the eternal hills,^[ae]
16 and with^[af] the choice things of the earth and its fullness,
    and the favor of the one who dwelt^[ag] in the bush.^[ah]
Let them come to the head of Joseph,
    and to the crown of the prince among his brothers.
¹⁷ As the firstborn of his ox, majesty belongs to him,^[ai]
    and his horns are the horns of a wild ox;
with them he drives people together,^[aj]
    and they are the myriads of Ephraim,
    and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
¹⁸ And of Zebulun he said,
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and rejoice, Issachar, in your tents;
¹⁹ They summon people to the mountains;^[ak]
    there they sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness,
because the affluence of the seas they suck out,
    and the most hidden treasures of the sand.”^[al]
20 And of Gad he said,
    “Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad;^[am]
like a lion he dwells,
    and he tears an arm as well as a scalp.
²¹ And he selected^[an] the best part for himself, ^[ao]
    for there the portion of a ruler is included,
and he came with the heads of the people;^[ap]
    he did^[aq] the righteousness of Yahweh,
    and his regulations for Israel.”
²² And of Dan he said,
“Dan is a cub of a lion;
    he leaps from Bashan.”^[ar]
23 And of Naphtali, he said,
“Oh, Naphtali, sated of favor,
    and full of the blessing of Yahweh;
take possession of the lake,
    and the land to the south.”
²⁴ And of Asher he said,
    “Blessed more than sons^[as] is Asher;
may he be the favorite^[at] of his brothers,
    dipping his feet in the oil.^[au]
25 Your bars are^[av] iron and bronze,
    and as your days, so is^[aw] your strength.”
²⁶ “There is no one like God, O, Jeshurun,
    who rides through the heavens to your help,
    and with his majesty through the skies.
²⁷ The God of ancient time^[ax] is a hiding place,
    and underneath are the arms of eternity,^[ay]
and he drove out from before^[az] you your enemy,
    and he said, ‘Destroy them!’
²⁸ So Israel dwells alone and carefree,
    the spring of Jacob in a land of grain and wine;
    his heavens even drip dew.
²⁹ Blessed are you, O Israel.
    Who is like you, a people who is saved by Yahweh,
the shield of your help,
    and who is the sword of your triumph,
and your enemies, they shall fawn before you,^[ba]
    and you shall tread on their backs.”