The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be - you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean.
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By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him 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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O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept it all inside, my bones turned to powder, my words became daylong groans.
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When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
4 The pressure never let up; all the juices of my life dried up.
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When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts 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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My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, 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 doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.
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] a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, [With] songs of deliverance dost compass me. 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 cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.
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 a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to 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 [are] the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.
11 Celebrate God. Sing together - everyone! All you honest hearts, raise the roof!
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Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of 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.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.