8  “Judah, your brothers shall ^fpraise you;

your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;

your father’s sons shall bow down before you.

9  ^gJudah is ^ha lion’s cub;

from the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He stooped down; he crouched as a lion

and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?

10  ⁱThe scepter shall not depart from Judah,

nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

until tribute comes to him;¹

and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.