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10 They taught[a] your regulations to Jacob,
    and your law to Israel;
they placed incense smoke before you,[b]
    and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11 Bless, O Yahweh, his substance,
    and with the work of his hands you must be pleased;
smite the loins of those who attack him,
    and those hating him, so that they cannot arise.”[c]
12 Of Benjamin he said,
“The beloved of Yahweh dwells securely,[d]
    the Most High[e] shields all around him,
all the day,
    and between his shoulders he dwells.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:10 Or “teach/will teach”
  2. Deuteronomy 33:10 Literally “in your nose”
  3. Deuteronomy 33:11 Literally “so that not they stand up”
  4. Deuteronomy 33:12 Literally “in confidence”
  5. Deuteronomy 33:12 This is the most likely reading in context (Most High God). Literally the Hebrew text reads “upon him,” so the NASV translates the first line as: dwell in security “by him”