Deuteronomy 33:7 - Moses' Blessing.

The blessing on Judah is in the form of prayer to Jehovah. As Jacobhad promised to Judah supremacy over his brethren and success in war, so Moses here names him next after Reuben, whose pre-eminence he had assumed, and prays for him that, going forth at the head of the tribes, he might return in triumph, being helped of the Lord. Let his hands be sufficient for him ; rather, with his hands he contendeth for it (to wit, his people ). רַב here is not the adj. much, enough, but the part. of the verb רִיב , to contend, to strive; and יָדָיו is the aeons, of instrument. The rendering in the Authorized Version is grammatically possible; but the meaning thereby brought out is not in keeping with the sentiment of the passage; for if Judah's hands, i . e . his own power and resources, were sufficient for him, what need had he of help from the Lord?