The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
1 I give you all the credit, God - you got me out of that mess, you didn't let my foes gloat.
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I will exalt you, LORD, for you rescued me. You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.
2 God, my God, I yelled for help and you put me together.
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O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health.
3 God, you pulled me out of the grave, gave me another chance at life when I was down-and-out.
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You brought me up from the grave, O LORD . You kept me from falling into the pit of death.
4 All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God! Thank him to his face!
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Sing to the LORD, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name.
5 He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter.
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For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.
6 When things were going great I crowed, "I've got it made.
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When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!”
7 I'm God's favorite. He made me king of the mountain." Then you looked the other way and I fell to pieces.
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Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
8 I called out to you, God; I laid my case before you:
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I cried out to you, O LORD . I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,
9 "Can you sell me for a profit when I'm dead? auction me off at a cemetery yard sale? When I'm 'dust to dust' my songs and stories of you won't sell.
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“What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?
10 So listen! and be kind! Help me out of this!"
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Hear me, LORD, and have mercy on me. Help me, O LORD .”
11 You did it: you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers.
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You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
12 I'm about to burst with song; I can't keep quiet about you. God, my God, I can't thank you enough.
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that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!
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