3
Be a guest room where I can retreat; you said your door was always open! You're my salvation - my vast, granite fortress.
4
My God, free me from the grip of Wicked, from the clutch of Bad and Bully.
5
You keep me going when times are tough - my bedrock, God, since my childhood.
6
I've hung on you from the day of my birth, the day you took me from the cradle; I'll never run out of praise.
7
Many gasp in alarm when they see me, but you take me in stride.
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.