The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
1 God, mark us with grace and blessing! Smile!
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May God be merciful and bless us. May his face smile with favor on us. Interlude
2 The whole country will see how you work, all the godless nations see how you save.
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May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere.
3 God! Let people thank and enjoy you. Let all people thank and enjoy you.
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May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.
4 Let all far-flung people become happy and shout their happiness because You judge them fair and square, you tend the far-flung peoples.
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Let the whole world sing for joy, because you govern the nations with justice and guide the people of the whole world. Interlude
5 God! Let people thank and enjoy you. Let all people thank and enjoy you.
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May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.
6 Earth, display your exuberance! You mark us with blessing, O God, our God.
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Then the earth will yield its harvests, and God, our God, will richly bless us.
7 You mark us with blessing, O God. Earth's four corners - honor him!
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Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world will fear him.
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