⁶⁸ but he chose the tribe of Judah,^(A)
    Mount Zion,^(B) which he loved.

¹² If your sons keep my covenant^(A)
    and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
    on your throne^(B) for ever and ever.”

¹³ For the Lord has chosen Zion,^(C)
    he has desired it for his dwelling,^(D) saying,
¹⁴ “This is my resting place for ever and ever;^(E)
    here I will sit enthroned,^(F) for I have desired it.

⁸ “Judah,^[a](A) your brothers will praise you;
    your hand will be on the neck^(B) of your enemies;
    your father’s sons will bow down to you.^(C)
9 You are a lion’s^(D) cub,^(E) Judah;^(F)
    you return from the prey,^(G) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah,^(H)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,^[b]
until he to whom it belongs^[c] shall come^(I)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.^(J)