אוֹן

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.

He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”