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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God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He replied, "Here I am!"

The Lord said, "Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream.

(Now it used to be in Israel that whenever someone went to inquire of God he would say, "Come on, let's go to the seer." For today's prophet used to be called a seer.)

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.

He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

Then a wind lifted me up and carried me to the exiles in Babylonia, in the vision given to me by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me.

In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

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You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.

Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.

The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!

He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

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There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.

May the Lord reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!"

Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

"My portion is the Lord," I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.