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The Message Bible MSG
1 God, you have rejected us— shattered us. You've been so angry. Now restore us!
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God! you walked off and left us, kicked our defenses to bits And stalked off angry. Come back. Oh please, come back!
2 You've made the ground quake, splitting it open. Now repair its cracks because it's shaking apart!
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You shook earth to the foundations, ripped open huge crevasses. Heal the breaks! Everything's coming apart at the seams.
3 You've made your people suffer hardship; you've given us wine and we stagger.
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You made your people look doom in the face, then gave us cheap wine to drown our troubles.
4 Give a flag to those who honor you, so they can rally around it, safe from attack. Selah
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Then you planted a flag to rally your people, an unfurled flag to look to for courage.
5 Save us by your power and answer us so that the people you love might be rescued.
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Now do something quickly, answer right now, so the one you love best is saved.
6 God has spoken in his sanctuary: "I will celebrate as I divide up Shechem and portion out the Succoth Valley.
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That's when God spoke in holy splendor, "Bursting with joy, I make a present of Shechem, I hand out Succoth Valley as a gift.
7 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.
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Gilead's in my pocket, to say nothing of Manasseh. Ephraim's my hard hat, Judah my hammer;
8 But Moab is my washbowl; I'll throw my shoe at Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia!
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Moab's a scrub bucket, I mop the floor with Moab, Spit on Edom, rain fireworks all over Philistia."
9 I wish someone would bring me to a fortified city! I wish someone would lead me to Edom!"
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Who will take me to the thick of the fight? Who'll show me the road to Edom?
10 But you have rejected us, God, haven't you? God, you no longer accompany our armies.
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You aren't giving up on us, are you, God? refusing to go out with our troops?
11 Give us help against the enemy; human help is worthless.
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Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless.
12 With God we will triumph; he's the one who will trample our adversaries.
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In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.
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