The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 We thank you, God, we thank you - your Name is our favorite word; your mighty works are all we talk about.
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Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2 You say, "I'm calling this meeting to order, I'm ready to set things right.
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When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3 When the earth goes topsy-turvy And nobody knows which end is up, I nail it all down, I put everything in place again.
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The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I say to the smart alecks, 'That's enough,' to the bullies, 'Not so fast.'"
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I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Don't raise your fist against High God. Don't raise your voice against Rock of Ages.
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Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6 He's the One from east to west; from desert to mountains, he's the One.
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For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 God rules: he brings this one down to his knees, pulls that one up on her feet.
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But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8 God has a cup in his hand, a bowl of wine, full to the brim. He draws from it and pours; it's drained to the dregs. Earth's wicked ones drink it all, drink it down to the last bitter drop!
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For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
9 And I'm telling the story of God Eternal, singing the praises of Jacob's God.
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But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 The fists of the wicked are bloody stumps, The arms of the righteous are lofty green branches.
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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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