New American Bible, Revised Edition

Deuteronomy 33:3-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

3. Indeed, lover of the peoples,all the holy ones are at your side;They follow at your heels,carry out your decisions.

4. Moses charged us with the law,as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

5. A king arose in Jeshurunwhen the chiefs of the people assembled,and the tribes of Israel united.

6. May Reuben live and not die out,but let his numbers be few.

7. Of Judah he said this:Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,and bring him to his people.His own hands defend his cause;be a help against his foes.

8. Of Levi he said:Give to Levi your Thummim,your Urim to your faithful one;Him you tested at Massah,contended against him at the waters of Meribah.

9. He said of his father and mother,“I have no regard for them”;His brothers he would not acknowledge,and his own children he did not recognize.For they kept your words,and your covenant they upheld.

10. They teach your ordinances to Jacob,your law to Israel.They bring incense to your nostrils,and burnt offerings to your altar.

11. Bless, Lord, his strength,be pleased with the work of his hands.Crush the loins of his adversariesand of his foes, that they may not rise.

12. Of Benjamin he said:The beloved of the Lord,he abides in safety beside him;He shelters him all day long;the beloved abides at his breast.

13. Of Joseph he said:Blessed by the Lord is his landwith the best of heaven aboveand of the abyss crouching beneath;

14. With the best of the produce of the sun,and the choicest yield of the months;

15. With the finest gifts of the ancient mountainsand the best from the everlasting hills;

16. With the best of the earth and its fullness,and the favor of the one who dwells on Sinai.Let these come upon the head of Josephand upon the brow of the prince among his brothers.