5. And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!
6. Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.
7. And this [is] for Judah; and he saith: --Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do Thou bring him in; His hand hath striven for him, And an help from his adversaries art Thou.
8. And of Levi he said: --Thy Thummim and thy Urim [are] for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him at the waters of Meribah;
9. Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.
10. They teach Thy judgments to Jacob, And Thy law to Israel; They put perfume in Thy nose, And whole burnt-offering on Thine altar.
11. Bless, O Jehovah, his strength, And the work of his hands Thou acceptest, Smite the loins of his withstanders, And of those hating him--that they rise not!
12. Of Benjamin he said: --The beloved of Jehovah doth tabernacle confidently by him, Covering him over all the day; Yea, between his shoulders He doth tabernacle.
13. And of Joseph he said: --Blessed of Jehovah [is] his land, By precious things of the heavens, By dew, and by the deep crouching beneath,
14. And by precious things--fruits of the sun, And by precious things--cast forth by the moons,