17. He will be a snake by the road,a viper beside the path,that bites the horses’ heelsso that its rider falls backward.
18. I wait for Your salvation, Lord.
19. Gad will be attacked by raiders,but he will attack their heels.
20. Asher’s food will be rich,and he will produce royal delicacies.
21. Naphtali is a doe set freethat bears beautiful fawns.
22. Joseph is a fruitful vine,a fruitful vine beside a spring;its branches climb over the wall.
23. The archers attacked him,shot at him, and were hostile toward him.
24. Yet his bow remained steady,and his strong arms were made agileby the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,