New American Standard Bible
""May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few.""
— deuteronomy 33:6, New American Standard Bible
"Indeed, He loves the people; All Your holy ones are in Your hand, And they followed in Your steps; Everyone receives of Your words.
"Moses charged us with a law, A possession for the assembly of Jacob.
"And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together.
"May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few."
And this regarding Judah; so he said, "Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people. With his hands he contended for them, And may You be a help against his adversaries."
Of Levi he said, "Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
Who said of his father and his mother, 'I did not consider them'; And he did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For they observed Your word, And kept Your covenant.