“See” is in singular form. “Before you” is in plural form [in Hebrew]. “The blessing that you will hear.” Why does it not say “If you hear,” meaning that the blessing is contingent? He explains that “see” pertains to every individual, meaning when it comes to seeing, everyone is equal.

According to his interpretation, that the whole collective should come to a state of seeing, meaning “See, I place before you today,” the Creator gives the blessing. What is the blessing? He says, “The Torah that you will hear,” this is the whole blessing.

However, according to this we should ask, If the Creator gives the blessing, which is out of man’s hands, what is the choice of which we can say that to one He gives the blessing, and to another He does not? This is explained at the end of the portion Ekev [Because], where it says, “If you surely listen to all of this commandment that I am commanding you to do,” 1) “to love the Lord your God,” 2) “to walk in all His ways and to cleave unto Him.”

In other words, one who observes all three things in practice, the Creator will give him hearing, as it is written, “We will do and we will hear.” By taking upon themselves the practice, the Creator gives the hearing, as it is written, “the blessing that you will hear the commandment of the Lord that I am commanding you today.”