The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
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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The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that 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 flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
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 iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to 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 deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
5 God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic,
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Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto 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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Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
7 How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings,
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How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy 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 shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 You're a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light.
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For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
10 Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts.
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O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in 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 pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12 Send the upstarts sprawling flat on their faces in the mud.
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There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
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.
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