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¹¹ Bless, O Lord, his substance,
   and accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
   of those that hate him, so that they do not rise again.

¹²Of Benjamin he said:
The beloved of the Lord rests in safety—
the High God^* surrounds him all day long—
   the beloved^* rests between his shoulders.

¹³And of Joseph he said:
Blessed by the Lord be his land,
   with the choice gifts of heaven above,
   and of the deep that lies beneath;
¹⁴ with the choice fruits of the sun,
   and the rich yield of the months;
¹⁵ with the finest produce of the ancient mountains,
   and the abundance of the everlasting hills;
¹⁶ with the choice gifts of the earth and its fullness,
   and the favour of the one who dwells on Sinai.^*
Let these come on the head of Joseph,
   on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
¹⁷ A firstborn^* bull—majesty is his!
   His horns are the horns of a wild ox;
with them he gores the peoples,
   driving them to^* the ends of the earth;
such are the myriads of Ephraim,
   such the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said:
Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out;
   and Issachar, in your tents.
¹⁹ They call peoples to the mountain;
   there they offer the right sacrifices;
for they suck the affluence of the seas
   and the hidden treasures of the sand.

²⁰And of Gad he said:
Blessed be the enlargement of Gad!
   Gad lives like a lion;
   he tears at arm and scalp.