The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Message Bible MSG
1 A song. A psalm of David: My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and make music with my glory.
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I'm ready, God, so ready, ready from head to toe. Ready to sing, ready to raise a God-song:
2 Awake, lute and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
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"Wake, soul! Wake, lute! Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!"
3 I will thank you, ADONAI, among the peoples; I will make music to you among the nations.
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I'm thanking you, God, out in the streets, singing your praises in town and country.
4 For your grace is great, above heaven, and your truth, all the way to the skies.
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The deeper your love, the higher it goes; every cloud's a flag to your faithfulness.
5 Be exalted, God, above heaven! May your glory be over all the earth,
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Soar high in the skies, O God! Cover the whole earth with your glory!
6 in order that those you love can be rescued; so save with your right hand, and answer me!
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And for the sake of the one you love so much, reach down and help me - answer me!
7 God in his holiness spoke, and I took joy [in his promise]: "I will divide Sh'khem and determine the shares in the Sukkot Valley.
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That's when God spoke in holy splendor: "Brimming over with joy, I make a present of Shechem, I hand out Succoth Valley as a gift.
8 Gil'ad is mine and M'nasheh mine, Efrayim my helmet, Y'hudah my scepter.
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Gilead's in my pocket, to say nothing of Manasseh. Ephraim's my hard hat, Judah my hammer.
9 Mo'av is my washpot; on Edom I throw my shoe; Over P'leshet I shout in triumph."
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Moab's a scrub bucket - I mop the floor with Moab, Spit on Edom, rain fireworks all over Philistia."
10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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Who will take me to the thick of the fight? Who'll show me the road to Edom?
11 God, have you rejected us? You don't go out with our armies, God.
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You aren't giving up on us, are you, God? refusing to go out with our troops?
12 Help us against our enemy, for human help is worthless.
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Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless.
13 With God's help we will fight valiantly, for he will trample our enemies.
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In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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.