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The Message Bible MSG
14 The LORD was my strength and protection; he was my saving help!
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God's my strength, he's also my song, and now he's my salvation.
15 The sounds of joyful songs and deliverance are heard in the tents of the righteous: "The LORD's strong hand is victorious!
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Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs in the camp of the saved? "The hand of God has turned the tide!
16 The LORD's strong hand is ready to strike! The LORD's strong hand is victorious!"
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The hand of God is raised in victory! The hand of God has turned the tide!"
17 I won't die—no, I will live and declare what the LORD has done.
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I didn't die. I lived! And now I'm telling the world what God did.
18 Yes, the LORD definitely disciplined me, but he didn't hand me over to death.
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God tested me, he pushed me hard, but he didn't hand me over to Death.
19 Open the gates of righteousness for me so I can come in and give thanks to the LORD!
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Swing wide the city gates - the righteous gates! I'll walk right through and thank God!
20 This is the LORD's gate; those who are righteous enter through it.
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This Temple Gate belongs to God, so the victors can enter and praise.
21 I thank you because you answered me, because you were my saving help.
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Thank you for responding to me; you've truly become my salvation!
22 The stone rejected by the builders is now the main foundation stone!
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The stone the masons discarded as flawed is now the capstone!
23 This has happened because of the LORD; it is astounding in our sight!
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This is God's work. We rub our eyes - we can hardly believe it!
24 This is the day the LORD acted; we will rejoice and celebrate in it!
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This is the very day God acted - let's celebrate and be festive!
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