The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Message Bible MSG
1 Come, let's sing to ADONAI! Let's shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation!
1
Come, let's shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!
2 Let's come into his presence with thanksgiving; let's shout for joy to him with songs of praise.
2
Let's march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns!
3 For ADONAI is a great God, a great king greater than all gods.
3
And why? Because God is the best, High King over all the gods.
4 He holds the depths of the earth in his hands; the mountain peaks too belong to him.
4
In one hand he holds deep caves and caverns, in the other hand grasps the high mountains.
5 The sea is his - he made it -and his hands shaped the dry land.
5
He made Ocean - he owns it! His hands sculpted Earth!
6 Come, let's bow down and worship; let's kneel before ADONAI who made us.
6
So come, let us worship: bow before him, on your knees before God, who made us!
7 For he is our God, and we are the people in his pasture, the sheep in his care. If only today you would listen to his voice:
7
Oh yes, he's our God, and we're the people he pastures, the flock he feeds. Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks:
8 "Don't harden your hearts, as you did at M'rivah, as you did on that day at Massah in the desert,
8
"Don't turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test,
9 when your fathers put me to the test; they challenged me, even though they saw my work.
9
when your ancestors turned and put me to the test.
10 For forty years I loathed that generation; I said, 'This is a people whose hearts go astray, they don't understand how I do things.'
10
For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked - oh, was I provoked! 'Can't they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?'
11 Therefore I swore in my anger that they would not enter my rest."
11
Exasperated, I exploded, 'They'll never get where they're headed, never be able to sit down and rest.'"
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.