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The Message Bible MSG
1 I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart; I will talk about all your wonderful acts.
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I'm thanking you, God, from a full heart, I'm writing the book on your wonders.
2 I will celebrate and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High.
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I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I'm singing your song, High God.
3 When my enemies turn and retreat, they fall down and die right in front of you
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The day my enemies turned tail and ran, they stumbled on you and fell on their faces.
4 because you have established justice for me and my claim, because you rule from the throne, establishing justice rightly.
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You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.
5 You've denounced the nations, destroyed the wicked. You've erased their names for all time.
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You blow the whistle on godless nations; you throw dirty players out of the game, wipe their names right off the roster.
6 Every enemy is wiped out, like something ruined forever. You've torn down their cities— even the memory of them is dead.
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Enemies disappear from the sidelines, their reputation trashed, their names erased from the halls of fame.
7 But the LORD rules forever! He assumes his throne for the sake of justice.
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God holds the high center, he sees and sets the world's mess right.
8 He will establish justice in the world rightly; he will judge all people fairly.
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He decides what is right for us earthlings, gives people their just deserts.
9 The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed— a safe place in difficult times.
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God's a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times.
10 Those who know your name trust you because you have not abandoned any who seek you, LORD.
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The moment you arrive, you relax; you're never sorry you knocked.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who lives in Zion! Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!
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Sing your songs to Zion-dwelling God, tell his stories to everyone you meet:
12 Because the one who avenges bloodshed remembers those who suffer; the LORD hasn't forgotten their cries for help.
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How he tracks down killers yet keeps his eye on us, registers every whimper and moan.
13 Have mercy on me, LORD! Just look how I suffer because of those who hate me. But you are the one who brings me back from the very gates of death
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Be kind to me, God; I've been kicked around long enough. Once you've pulled me back from the gates of death,
14 so I can declare all your praises, so I can rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Daughter Zion.
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I'll write the book on Hallelujahs; on the corner of Main and First I'll hold a street meeting; I'll be the song leader; we'll fill the air with salvation songs.
15 The nations have fallen into the hole they themselves made! Their feet are caught in the very net they themselves hid!
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They're trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread.
16 The LORD is famous for the justice he has done; it's his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon. Selah
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They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The cunning machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.
17 Let the wicked go straight to the grave, the same for every nation that forgets God.
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The wicked bought a one-way ticket to hell.
18 Because the poor won't be forgotten forever, the hope of those who suffer won't be lost for all time.
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No longer will the poor be nameless - no more humiliation for the humble.
19 Get up, LORD! Don't let people prevail! Let the nations be judged before you.
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Up, God! Aren't you fed up with their empty strutting? Expose these grand pretensions!
20 Strike them with fear, LORD. Let the nations know they are only human. Selah
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Shake them up, God! Show them how silly they look.
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