The Message Bible MSG
English Standard Version ESV
1 I'm ready, God, so ready, ready from head to toe. Ready to sing, ready to raise a God-song:
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My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being!
2 "Wake, soul! Wake, lute! Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!"
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Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
3 I'm thanking you, God, out in the streets, singing your praises in town and country.
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I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4 The deeper your love, the higher it goes; every cloud's a flag to your faithfulness.
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For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5 Soar high in the skies, O God! Cover the whole earth with your glory!
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Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 And for the sake of the one you love so much, reach down and help me - answer me!
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That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer me!
7 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.
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God has promised in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead's in my pocket, to say nothing of Manasseh. Ephraim's my hard hat, Judah my hammer.
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Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
9 Moab's a scrub bucket - I mop the floor with Moab, Spit on Edom, rain fireworks all over Philistia."
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Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
10 Who will take me to the thick of the fight? Who'll show me the road to Edom?
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Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11 You aren't giving up on us, are you, God? refusing to go out with our troops?
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Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
12 Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless.
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Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
13 In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
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With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
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.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.