The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 Not for our sake, God, no, not for our sake, but for your name's sake, show your glory. Do it on account of your merciful love, do it on account of your faithful ways.
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Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
2 Do it so none of the nations can say, "Where now, oh where is their God?"
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Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
3 Our God is in heaven doing whatever he wants to do.
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But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their gods are metal and wood, handmade in a basement shop:
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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 Carved mouths that can't talk, painted eyes that can't see,
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They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 Tin ears that can't hear, molded noses that can't smell,
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They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 Hands that can't grasp, feet that can't walk or run, throats that never utter a sound.
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They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
8 Those who make them have become just like them, have become just like the gods they trust.
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They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
9 But you, Israel: put your trust in God! - trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
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O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
10 Clan of Aaron, trust in God! - trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
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O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear God, trust in God! - trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
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Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
12 O God, remember us and bless us, bless the families of Israel and Aaron.
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The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 And let God bless all who fear God - bless the small, bless the great.
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He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
14 Oh, let God enlarge your families - giving growth to you, growth to your children.
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The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by God, by God, who made heaven and earth.
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Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven of heavens is for God, but he put us in charge of the earth.
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The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 Dead people can't praise God - not a word to be heard from those buried in the ground.
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The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
18 But we bless God, oh yes - we bless him now, we bless him always! Hallelujah!
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But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
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 King James Version is in the public domain.