The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 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.
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LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
2 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.
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Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
3 Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always!
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Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
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