What relationship with God can people today enjoy? As the psalmist Asaph acknowledged, however, the Israelites “did not keep the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to walk. ”
وَمِنْ تِلْكَ ٱللَّحْظَةِ ،‏ صَارَتْ أُمَّةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبًا مُنْتَذِرًا للهِ ،‏ « مِلْكًا خَاصًّا » لَهُ .‏