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 an help [to him] from his enemies.
Ver. 7. And this is the blessing.] Simeon is not mentioned, but implied in Judah's blessing, in the midst of whose inheritance lay his portion. Jos 19:1 Besides, that tribe was exceedingly defiled with fornication, spiritual and corporal, and by that means much decayed and diminished. Num 26:14
Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah.] Putting thy promises Gen 8:9-11 into suit by his prayers, and pressing thee for a performance.
Let his hands be sufficient for him, and be thou a help to him, &c.] Moses first prays for Judah, that "his hands may be sufficient for him": and then addeth, as there was need, "And be thou a help to him": for all "our sufficiency is of God," and that man is sure to come down that standeth on his own legs. Ithiel and Ucal are twins.