³ I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;^(A)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.^(B)”^[a]

⁹ Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(A)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed^(B)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”^(C)

²⁰ Their children^(A) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established^(B) before me;
    I will punish^(C) all who oppress them.