10 They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob
and Your instruction to Israel;(A)
they will set incense before You
and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
11 Lord, bless his possessions,[a]
and accept the work of his hands.
Smash the loins of his adversaries and enemies,
so that they cannot rise again.

12 He said about Benjamin:

The Lord’s beloved rests[b] securely on Him.
He[c] shields him all day long,
and he rests on His shoulders.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:11 Or abilities
  2. Deuteronomy 33:12 Or Let the Lord’s beloved rest
  3. Deuteronomy 33:12 LXX reads The Most High
  4. Deuteronomy 33:12 Or and He dwells among his mountain slopes

10 He teaches(A) your precepts to Jacob
    and your law to Israel.(B)
He offers incense before you(C)
    and whole burnt offerings on your altar.(D)
11 Bless all his skills, Lord,
    and be pleased with the work of his hands.(E)
Strike down those who rise against him,
    his foes till they rise no more.”

12 About Benjamin(F) he said:

“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him,(G)
    for he shields him all day long,(H)
    and the one the Lord loves(I) rests between his shoulders.(J)

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