Deuteronomy 33:11

Bless, O Lord, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs ¹  of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

Nu 18:8-20; Nu 35:2-8; De 18:1-5; 2Sa 24:23; Ps 20:3; Isa 29:21; Jer 15:10; Eze 20:40,41; Eze 43:27; Am 5:10; Mal 1:8-10; Mt 10:14,15; Lu 10:10-12,16; 1Th 4:8

¹ tn Heb “smash the sinews [or “loins,” so many English versions].” This part of the body was considered to be center of one’s strength (cf. Job 40:16; Ps 69:24; Prov 31:17; Nah 2:2, 11). See J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy (JPSTC), 325.