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The Message Bible MSG
1 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up, and did not let my foes rejoice over me.
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I give you all the credit, God - you got me out of that mess, you didn't let my foes gloat.
2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
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God, my God, I yelled for help and you put me together.
3 O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
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God, you pulled me out of the grave, gave me another chance at life when I was down-and-out.
4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name.
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All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God! Thank him to his face!
5 For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
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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.
6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
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When things were going great I crowed, "I've got it made.
7 By your favor, O Lord, you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
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I'm God's favorite. He made me king of the mountain." Then you looked the other way and I fell to pieces.
8 To you, O Lord, I cried, and to the Lord I made supplication:
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I called out to you, God; I laid my case before you:
9 "What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
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"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.
10 Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me! O Lord, be my helper!"
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So listen! and be kind! Help me out of this!"
11 You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
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You did it: you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers.
12 so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
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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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