The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 God, you smiled on your good earth! You brought good times back to Jacob!
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To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned [to] the captivity of Jacob.
2 You lifted the cloud of guilt from your people, you put their sins far out of sight.
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Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
3 You took back your sin-provoked threats, you cooled your hot, righteous anger.
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Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger.
4 Help us again, God of our help; don't hold a grudge against us forever.
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Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
5 You aren't going to keep this up, are you? scowling and angry, year after year?
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To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?
6 Why not help us make a fresh start - a resurrection life? Then your people will laugh and sing!
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Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.
7 Show us how much you love us, God! Give us the salvation we need!
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Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us.
8 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.
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I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.
9 See how close his salvation is to those who fear him? Our country is home base for Glory!
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Only, near to those fearing Him [is] His salvation, That honour may dwell in our land.
10 Love and Truth meet in the street, Right Living and Whole Living embrace and kiss!
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Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
11 Truth sprouts green from the ground, Right Living pours down from the skies!
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Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,
12 Oh yes! God gives Goodness and Beauty; our land responds with Bounty and Blessing.
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Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.
13 Right Living strides out before him, and clears a path for his passage.
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Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!
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