The Message Bible MSG
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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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<<A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.>> I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 God, my God, I yelled for help and you put me together.
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Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
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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Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God! Thank him to his face!
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Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to 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 is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, But joy comes in the morning.
6 When things were going great I crowed, "I've got it made.
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As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
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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You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain to stand strong. But when you hid your face, I was troubled.
8 I called out to you, God; I laid my case before you:
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I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:
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 profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
10 So listen! and be kind! Help me out of this!"
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Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper."
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 dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
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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To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
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.
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