Lexicon :: Strong's H5978 - ʿimmāḏ

And when the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, [fn]please put your hand under my thigh and [promise to] deal loyally and faithfully with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me.

‘Is it not laid up in store with Me,

Sealed up in My treasuries?

‘See now that I, I am He,

And there is no god besides Me;

It is I who put to death and I who give life.

I have wounded and it is I who heal,

And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,

My spirit drinks their poison;

The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“Then I would speak [my defense] and not fear Him;

But I am not like that in myself.

‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;

And Your providence (divine care, supervision) has preserved my spirit.

‘You renew Your witnesses against me

And increase Your indignation and anger toward me;

Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].

“Who will argue and contend with me?

For then I would be silent and die.

“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,

And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.

“Would He contend against me with His great power?

No, surely He would give attention to me.

“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].

When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].

“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;

And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

When [fn]the Almighty was still with me

And my boys were around me,

‘My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed],

And my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand.’

“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants

When they filed a complaint against me,

Even though I walk through the [sunless] [fn]valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no evil, for You are with me;

Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

“I know every bird of the mountains,

And everything that moves in the field is [fn]Mine.

He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me,

For there were many against me.

My eyes will be on the faithful (honorable) of the land, that they may dwell with me;

He who walks blamelessly is the one who will minister to and serve me.