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A king came to rule in Jeshurun,
    when the people’s leaders gathered together,
    when Israel’s tribes were one.
“I pray that Reuben lives, doesn’t die,
    though his numbers are so few.”
Moses said this to Judah:
    Lord, listen to Judah’s voice!
    Bring him back to his own people,
        strengthen his hands;[a]
        be his help against every enemy.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:7 Or with his hands he contended

He was king(A) over Jeshurun[a](B)
    when the leaders of the people assembled,
    along with the tribes of Israel.

“Let Reuben live and not die,
    nor[b] his people be few.”(C)

And this he said about Judah:(D)

“Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah;
    bring him to his people.
With his own hands he defends his cause.
    Oh, be his help against his foes!”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:5 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel; also in verse 26.
  2. Deuteronomy 33:6 Or but let