GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks. You are present, and your miracles confirm that.
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We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds.
2 When I choose the right time, I will judge fairly.
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You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity.
3 When the earth and everyone who lives on it begin to melt, I will make its foundations as solid as rock. Selah
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When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
4 I said to those who brag, "Don't brag," and to wicked people, "Don't raise your weapons.
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To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.
5 Don't raise your weapons so proudly or speak so defiantly."
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Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.’ ”
6 The [authority] to reward someone does not [come] from the east, from the west, or [even] from the wilderness.
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No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
7 God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards another.
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It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
8 A cup is in the LORD's hand. (Its foaming wine is thoroughly mixed with spices.) He will empty it, [and] all the wicked people on earth will have to drink every last drop.
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In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.
9 But I will speak [about your miracles] forever. I will make music to praise the God of Jacob.
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As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,
10 I will destroy all the weapons of wicked people, but the weapons of righteous people will be raised proudly.
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who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”
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