The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
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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To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.
2 You say, "I'm calling this meeting to order, I'm ready to set things right.
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When I receive an appointment, I -- I do 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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Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.
4 I say to the smart alecks, 'That's enough,' to the bullies, 'Not so fast.'"
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I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'
5 Don't raise your fist against High God. Don't raise your voice against Rock of Ages.
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Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak 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 not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- [is] elevation.
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] judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.
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 a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,
9 And I'm telling the story of God Eternal, singing the praises of Jacob's God.
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And I -- I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise 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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And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!
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