The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Message Bible MSG
1 For the leader. A psalm of the sons of Korach: ADONAI, you have shown favor to your land; you have restored the fortunes of Ya'akov,
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God, you smiled on your good earth! You brought good times back to Jacob!
2 taken away the guilt of your people, pardoned all their sin, (Selah)
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You lifted the cloud of guilt from your people, you put their sins far out of sight.
3 withdrawn all your wrath, turned from your fierce anger.
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You took back your sin-provoked threats, you cooled your hot, righteous anger.
4 Restore us, God of our salvation, renounce your displeasure with us.
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Help us again, God of our help; don't hold a grudge against us forever.
5 Are you to stay angry with us forever? Will your fury last through all generations?
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You aren't going to keep this up, are you? scowling and angry, year after year?
6 Won't you revive us again, so 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 grace, ADONAI; grant us your salvation.
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Show us how much you love us, God! Give us the salvation we need!
8 I am listening. What will God, ADONAI, say? For he will speak peace to his people, to his holy ones -but only if they don't relapse into folly.
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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 His salvation is near for those who fear him, so that glory will be 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 Grace and truth have met together; justice and peace have kissed each other.
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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 earth, and justice looks down from heaven.
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Truth sprouts green from the ground, Right Living pours down from the skies!
12 ADONAI will also grant prosperity; our land will yield its harvest.
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Oh yes! God gives Goodness and Beauty; our land responds with Bounty and Blessing.
13 Justice will walk before him and make his footsteps a path.
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Right Living strides out before him, and clears a path for his passage.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.