Deuteronomy 33:7
And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”
Cross References
Joshua 15:20This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.
2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
2 Samuel 5:19So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
2 Chronicles 17:12Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
Psalms 20:2May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:7-8
6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord , the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou a help to him from his enemies. Here is, I. The blessing of Reuben. Though Reuben had lost the honour of his birthright, yet Moses begins with him; for we should not insult over those that are disgraced, nor desire to perpetuate marks of infamy upon any, though ever so justly fastened at first,… Read the whole commentary →