New Revised Standard NRS
The Message Bible MSG
1 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make melody. Awake, my soul!
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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, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.
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"Wake, soul! Wake, lute! Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!"
3 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises 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 steadfast love is higher than the heavens, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
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The deeper your love, the higher it goes; every cloud's a flag to your faithfulness.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let 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 Give victory with your right hand, and answer me, so that those whom you love may be rescued.
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And for the sake of the one you love so much, reach down and help me - answer me!
7 God has promised in his sanctuary: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
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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 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is 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 Moab is my washbasin; on Edom I hurl my shoe; over Philistia 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 to 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 Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
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You aren't giving up on us, are you, God? refusing to go out with our troops?
12 O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.
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Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless.
13 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
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In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
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