2 Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel your father.
8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your fathers sons shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is a lions whelp;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He crouches down, he stretches out like a lion,
like a lionesswho dares rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor the rulers staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;
and the obedience of the peoples is his.