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Even though you're not much to look at, a few straggling strangers."
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They wandered from country to country, camped out in one kingdom after another;
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But he didn't let anyone push them around, he stood up for them against bully-kings:
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"Don't you dare touch my anointed ones, don't lay a hand on my prophets."
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Sing to God, everyone and everything! Get out his salvation news every day!
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.