The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be - you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean.
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Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Count yourself lucky - God holds nothing against you and you're holding nothing back from him.
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Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept it all inside, my bones turned to powder, my words became daylong groans.
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When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 The pressure never let up; all the juices of my life dried up.
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For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 Then I let it all out; I said, "I'll make a clean breast of my failures to God." Suddenly the pressure was gone - my guilt dissolved, my sin disappeared.
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I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 These things add up. Every one of us needs to pray; when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts we'll be on high ground, untouched.
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For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 God's my island hideaway, keeps danger far from the shore, throws garlands of hosannas around my neck.
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Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 Let me give you some good advice; I'm looking you in the eye and giving it to you straight:
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I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
9 "Don't be ornery like a horse or mule that needs bit and bridle to stay on track."
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Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 God-defiers are always in trouble; God-affirmers find themselves loved every time they turn around.
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Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11 Celebrate God. Sing together - everyone! All you honest hearts, raise the roof!
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Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
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.