The Message Bible MSG
English Standard Version ESV
1 The God-rebel tunes in to sedition - all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him.
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Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 He has smooth-talked himself into believing That his evil will never be noticed.
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For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
3 Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can't remember when he did anything decent.
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The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
4 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.
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He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
5 God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic,
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Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.
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Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD.
7 How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings,
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How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 To eat our fill at the banquet you spread as you fill our tankards with Eden spring water.
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They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
9 You're a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light.
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For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
10 Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts.
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Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
11 Don't let the bullies kick me around, the moral midgets slap me down.
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Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 Send the upstarts sprawling flat on their faces in the mud.
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There the evildoers lie fallen; they are thrust down, unable to rise.
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