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 speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, 'Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, 'Here am I.'

And He saith, 'Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah -- in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him;

Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, 'Come and we go unto the seer,' for the 'prophet' of to-day is called formerly 'the seer.'

And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, and I am in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.

And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

And a spirit hath lifted me up, and bringeth me in to Chaldea, unto the Removed, in a vision, by the Spirit of God, and go up from off me doth the vision that I have seen;

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing is revealed to Daniel, whose name is called Belteshazzar, and the thing is true, and the warfare is great: and he hath understood the thing, and hath understanding about the appearance.

and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

Thy shield

O thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who is the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.'

And Thou, O Jehovah, art a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,

With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.

My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

Every saying of God is tried, A shield He is to those trusting in Him.

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There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Riding the heavens in thy help, And in His excellency the skies.

Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'

Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be -- all are yours,

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, 'Lo, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them -- their God,