'Couched' in the Bible

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

having written a letter, couched in this form: