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Good News Translation GNT
1 My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul.
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I have complete confidence, O God! I will sing and praise you! Wake up, my soul!
2 Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
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Wake up, my harp and lyre! I will wake up the sun.
3 I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
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I will thank you, O Lord, among the nations. I will praise you among the peoples.
4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
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Your constant love reaches above the heavens; your faithfulness touches the skies.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
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Show your greatness in the sky, O God, and your glory over all the earth.
6 Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
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Save us by your might; answer my prayer, so that the people you love may be rescued.
7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
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From his sanctuary God has said, "In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.
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Gilead is mine, and Manasseh too; Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my royal scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
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But I will use Moab as my washbowl, and I will throw my sandals on Edom, as a sign that I own it. I will shout in triumph over the Philistines."
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
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Have you really rejected us? Aren't you going to march out with our armies?
12 Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.
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Help us against the enemy; human help is worthless.
13 With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
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With God on our side we will win; he will defeat our enemies.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.