7. Of Judah he said this:Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,and bring him to his people.His own hands defend his cause;be a help against his foes.
8. Of Levi he said:Give to Levi your Thummim,your Urim to your faithful one;Him you tested at Massah,contended against him at the waters of Meribah.
9. He said of his father and mother,“I have no regard for them”;His brothers he would not acknowledge,and his own children he did not recognize.For they kept your words,and your covenant they upheld.
10. They teach your ordinances to Jacob,your law to Israel.They bring incense to your nostrils,and burnt offerings to your altar.
11. Bless, Lord, his strength,be pleased with the work of his hands.Crush the loins of his adversariesand of his foes, that they may not rise.
12. Of Benjamin he said:The beloved of the Lord,he abides in safety beside him;He shelters him all day long;the beloved abides at his breast.
13. Of Joseph he said:Blessed by the Lord is his landwith the best of heaven aboveand of the abyss crouching beneath;