15. And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor].
16. Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a horned snake in the path, that bites at the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18. I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.
19. Gad–a raiding troop shall raid him, but he shall raid at their heels and assault them [victoriously].
20. Asher's food [supply] shall be rich and fat, and he shall yield and deliver royal delights.
21. Naphtali is a hind let loose which yields lovely fawns.
22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well (spring or fountain), whose branches run over the wall.
23. Skilled archers have bitterly attacked and sorely worried him; they have shot at him and persecuted him.
24. But his bow remained strong and steady and rested in the Strength that does not fail him, for the arms of his hands were made strong and active by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, [Gen. 48:15; Deut. 32:4; Isa. 9:6; 49:26.]