Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 <<A Ma`alot Song. By David.>> LORD, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Or things too wonderful for me.
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God, I'm not trying to rule the roost, I don't want to be king of the mountain. I haven't meddled where I have no business or fantasized grandiose plans.
2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother's arms, my soul is a baby content.
3 Yisra'el, hope in the LORD, From this time forth and forevermore.
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Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always!
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