Common English Bible CEB
The Message Bible MSG
1 I know the sinful utterance of the wicked: No fear of God confronts their own eyes,
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The God-rebel tunes in to sedition - all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him.
2 because in their own eyes they are slick with talk about their guilt ever being found out and despised.
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He has smooth-talked himself into believing That his evil will never be noticed.
3 The words of their mouths are evil and dishonest. They have stopped being wise and stopped doing good.
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Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can't remember when he did anything decent.
4 They plot evil even while resting in bed! They commit themselves to a path that is no good. They don't reject what is evil.
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Every time he goes to bed, he fathers another evil plot. When he's loose on the streets, nobody's safe. He plays with fire and doesn't care who gets burned.
5 But your loyal love, LORD, extends to the skies; your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
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God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic,
6 Your righteousness is like the strongest mountains; your justice is like the deepest sea. LORD, you save both humans and animals.
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His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.
7 Your faithful love is priceless, God! Humanity finds refuge in the shadow of your wings.
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How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings,
8 They feast on the bounty of your house; you let them drink from your river of pure joy.
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To eat our fill at the banquet you spread as you fill our tankards with Eden spring water.
9 Within you is the spring of life. In your light, we see light.
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You're a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light.
10 Extend your faithful love to those who know you; extend your righteousness to those whose heart is right.
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Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts.
11 Don't let the feet of arrogant people walk all over me; don't let the hands of the wicked drive me off.
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Don't let the bullies kick me around, the moral midgets slap me down.
12 Look—right there is where the evildoers have fallen, pushed down, unable to get up!
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Send the upstarts sprawling flat on their faces in the mud.
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