The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
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 confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!
2 "Wake, soul! Wake, lute! Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!"
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Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.
3 I'm thanking you, God, out in the streets, singing your praises in town and country.
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I will thank you, LORD, among all the people. I will sing your praises 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 unfailing love is higher than 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 highest heavens. May your glory shine 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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Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.
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 this by his holiness : “I will divide up Shechem with joy. I will measure 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, and Manasseh, too. Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors, and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
9 Moab's a scrub bucket - I mop the floor with Moab, Spit on Edom, rain fireworks all over Philistia."
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But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant, and I will wipe my feet on Edom and shout in triumph over Philistia.”
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 into the fortified city? Who will bring me victory over 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 rejected us, O God? Will you no longer march with our armies?
12 Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless.
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Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.
13 In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
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With God’s help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes.
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