The Message Bible MSG
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1 The God-rebel tunes in to sedition - all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him.
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I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:There is no fear of God before their eyes.
2 He has smooth-talked himself into believing That his evil will never be noticed.
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In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.
3 Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can't remember when he did anything decent.
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The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
4 Every time he goes to bed, he fathers another evil plot. When he's loose on the streets, nobody's safe. He plays with fire and doesn't care who gets burned.
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Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
5 God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic,
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Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
6 His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.
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Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.
7 How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings,
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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 To eat our fill at the banquet you spread as you fill our tankards with Eden spring water.
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They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
9 You're a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light.
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For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
10 Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts.
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Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Don't let the bullies kick me around, the moral midgets slap me down.
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May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 Send the upstarts sprawling flat on their faces in the mud.
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See how the evildoers lie fallen— thrown down, not able to rise!
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