Genesis 15:1

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Summary

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here am I.

And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak to him in a dream.

(In former time in Israel, when a man went to ask counsel of God, he said, Come and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was in former time called a Seer.)

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity; and the vision that I had seen went up from me.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing is true, but the appointed time of trial is long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:

God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,

Thy shield

Happy art thou, Israel! Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thine excellency? And thine enemies shall come cringing to thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

But thou, Jehovah, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous man; with favour wilt thou surround him as with a shield.

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou find refuge: his truth is a shield and buckler.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

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There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens to thy help, And in his majesty, upon the clouds.

Jehovah recompense thy work, and let thy reward be full from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours;

Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for he has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.