22  “Joseph is a ^ofruitful bough,

a fruitful bough by a spring;

his branches run over the wall.¹

23  ^pThe archers bitterly attacked him,

shot at him, and harassed him severely,

24  yet his bow remained unmoved;

his arms² were made agile

by the hands of ^qthe Mighty One of Jacob

(from there is the ^rShepherd,³ the Stone of Israel),

25  by the God of your father who will help you,

by the Almighty^{4 s}who will bless you

with blessings of heaven above,

blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,

blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26  The blessings of your father

are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,

up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.⁵

May they be on the head of Joseph,

and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.