Deuteronomy 33:3

he loveth Heb. partic. ḥobeb, only here; the meaning is assured from other Semitic dialects.

the peoples If the Heb. is accepted render tribes. But LXX has his people.

his saints Not in an ethical sense, but as hallowed, or set apart, to Him; either all Israel or more probably their specially consecrated warriors; see Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 20:2 ff., and cp. the other form of the same root, meḳuddashawfor warriors in Isaiah 13:3.

thy hand So Sam. LXX; Luc. his hands, Vulg. his hand; Pesh. he blesses.

The text of the next couplet is uncertain; they sat downis a doubtful conjecture from the Ar. of the meaning of the Heb. verb otherwise unknown. But warriors do not sit. The LXX these are under theeand Sam. they humble, or submit, themselvessuggest they fall in (in their ranks) which suits the following at thy feet, i.e. behind thee; cp. Judges 5:15 rushed forth at his feet, 1 Samuel 25:42; shall receive, Heb. imperf. better rendered as a present take up. Ball conjectures, they went at his feet, they travelled in his ways, and Berth. he sustains thy lot and keeps his covenant with thee, both ingenious but unsupported by textual evidence, and the former tame.