The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 I've already run for dear life straight to the arms of God. So why would I run away now when you say,
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To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved [to] Thy mountain for the bird?
2 the evil bows are bent, the wicked arrows Aimed to shoot under cover of darkness at every heart open to God.
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For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
3 The bottom's dropped out of the country; good people don't have a chance"?
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When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done?
4 But God hasn't moved to the mountains; his holy address hasn't changed. He's in charge, as always, his eyes taking everything in, his eyelids Unblinking, examining Adam's unruly brood inside and out, not missing a thing.
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`Jehovah [is] in his holy temple: Jehovah -- in the heavens [is] His throne. His eyes see -- His eyelids try the sons of men.
5 He tests the good and the bad alike; if anyone cheats, God's outraged.
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Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,
6 Fail the test and you're out, out in a hail of firestones, Drinking from a canteen filled with hot desert wind.
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He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind [is] the portion of their cup.
7 God's business is putting things right; he loves getting the lines straight, Setting us straight. Once we're standing tall, we can look him straight in the eye.
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For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'
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