The Message Bible MSG
New International Version NIV
1 God, mark us with grace and blessing! Smile!
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May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—
2 The whole country will see how you work, all the godless nations see how you save.
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so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
3 God! Let people thank and enjoy you. Let all people thank and enjoy you.
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May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.
4 Let all far-flung people become happy and shout their happiness because You judge them fair and square, you tend the far-flung peoples.
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May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.
5 God! Let people thank and enjoy you. Let all people thank and enjoy you.
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May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.
6 Earth, display your exuberance! You mark us with blessing, O God, our God.
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The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
7 You mark us with blessing, O God. Earth's four corners - honor him!
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May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.
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