The Sign of the Covenant

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

“May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples;

Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”

Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

By the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them.

The utterance of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open:

The utterance of him who hears the words of God, And has the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open:

But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

I went out full, and the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,

“Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?

But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’

Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?

They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?’

If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.

Yes, the Almighty will be your gold And your precious silver;