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The Message Bible MSG
1 LORD, you've been kind to your land; you've changed Jacob's circumstances for the better.
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God, you smiled on your good earth! You brought good times back to Jacob!
2 You've forgiven your people's wrongdoing; you've covered all their sins. Selah
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You lifted the cloud of guilt from your people, you put their sins far out of sight.
3 You've stopped being furious; you've turned away from your burning anger.
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You took back your sin-provoked threats, you cooled your hot, righteous anger.
4 You, the God who can save us, restore us! Stop being angry with us!
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Help us again, God of our help; don't hold a grudge against us forever.
5 Will you be mad at us forever? Will you prolong your anger from one generation to the next?
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You aren't going to keep this up, are you? scowling and angry, year after year?
6 Won't you bring us back to life again so that your people can rejoice in you?
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Why not help us make a fresh start - a resurrection life? Then your people will laugh and sing!
7 Show us your faithful love, LORD! Give us your salvation!
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Show us how much you love us, God! Give us the salvation we need!
8 Let me hear what the LORD God says, because he speaks peace to his people and to his faithful ones. Don't let them return to foolish ways.
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I can't wait to hear what he'll say. God's about to pronounce his people well, The holy people he loves so much, so they'll never again live like fools.
9 God's salvation is very close to those who honor him so that his glory can live in our land.
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See how close his salvation is to those who fear him? Our country is home base for Glory!
10 Faithful love and truth have met; righteousness and peace have kissed.
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Love and Truth meet in the street, Right Living and Whole Living embrace and kiss!
11 Truth springs up from the ground; righteousness gazes down from heaven.
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Truth sprouts green from the ground, Right Living pours down from the skies!
12 Yes, the LORD gives what is good, and our land yields its produce.
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Oh yes! God gives Goodness and Beauty; our land responds with Bounty and Blessing.
13 Righteousness walks before God, making a road for his steps.
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Right Living strides out before him, and clears a path for his passage.
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