The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 Your strength, God, is the king's strength. Helped, he's hollering Hosannas.
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The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You gave him exactly what he wanted; you didn't hold back.
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Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 You filled his arms with gifts; you gave him a right royal welcome.
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For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He wanted a good life; you gave it to him, and then made it a long life as a bonus.
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He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5 You lifted him high and bright as a cumulus cloud, then dressed him in rainbow colors.
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His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 You pile blessings on him; you make him glad when you smile.
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For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 Is it any wonder the king loves God? that he's sticking with the Best?
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For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 With a fistful of enemies in one hand and a fistful of haters in the other,
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Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 You radiate with such brilliance that they cringe as before a furnace. Now the furnace swallows them whole, the fire eats them alive!
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Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 You purge the earth of their progeny, you wipe the slate clean.
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Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11 All their evil schemes, the plots they cook up, have fizzled - every one.
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For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12 You sent them packing; they couldn't face you.
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Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13 Show your strength, God, so no one can miss it. We are out singing the good news!
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Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
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.