The Message Bible MSG
English Standard Version ESV
1 Take my side, God - I'm getting kicked around, stomped on every day.
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Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 Not a day goes by but somebody beats me up; They make it their duty to beat me up.
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my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
3 When I get really afraid I come to you in trust.
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When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 I'm proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do?
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In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
5 They don't let up - they smear my reputation and huddle to plot my collapse.
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All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gang up, sneak together through the alleys To take me by surprise, wait their chance to get me.
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They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
7 Pay them back in evil! Get angry, God! Down with these people!
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For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You've kept track of my every toss and turn through the sleepless nights, Each tear entered in your ledger, each ache written in your book.
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You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
9 If my enemies run away, turn tail when I yell at them, Then I'll know that God is on my side.
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Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, thatGod is for me.
10 I'm proud to praise God, proud to praise God.
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In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11 Fearless now, I trust in God; what can mere mortals do to me?
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in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 God, you did everything you promised, and I'm thanking you with all my heart.
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I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
13 You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff-edge of doom. Now I stroll at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life.
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For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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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