The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Dignify those who are down on their luck; you'll feel good - that's what God does.
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To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
2 God looks after us all, makes us robust with life - Lucky to be in the land, we're free from enemy worries.
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Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
3 Whenever we're sick and in bed, God becomes our nurse, nurses us back to health.
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Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
4 I said, "God, be gracious! Put me together again - my sins have torn me to pieces."
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I -- I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
5 My enemies are wishing the worst for me; they make bets on what day I will die.
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Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!
6 If someone comes to see me, he mouths empty platitudes, All the while gathering gossip about me to entertain the street-corner crowd.
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And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.
7 These "friends" who hate me whisper slanders all over town. They form committees to plan misery for me.
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All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 The rumor goes out, "He's got some dirty, deadly disease. The doctors have given up on him."
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A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
9 Even my best friend, the one I always told everything - he ate meals at my house all the time! - has bitten my hand.
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Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
10 God, give grace, get me up on my feet. I'll show them a thing or two.
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And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
11 Meanwhile, I'm sure you're on my side - no victory shouts yet from the enemy camp!
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By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
12 You know me inside and out, you hold me together, you never fail to stand me tall in your presence so I can look you in the eye.
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As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
13 Blessed is God, Israel's God, always, always, always. Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.
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.