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My soul, do not enter their council.
My glory, do not join in their assembly.
Yes, in their anger they killed men.
In their spitefulness they hamstrung oxen.

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce.
Cursed be their wrath, for it was cruel.
I will divide them in Jacob.
I will scatter them in Israel.

Judah, your brothers will praise you.
Your hand will be on the throat of your enemies.
Your father’s sons will bow down to you.

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Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(A)
for they have killed men in their anger(B)
    and hamstrung(C) oxen as they pleased.
Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,(D) so cruel!(E)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.(F)

“Judah,[a](G) your brothers will praise you;
    your hand will be on the neck(H) of your enemies;
    your father’s sons will bow down to you.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:8 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.