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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Confidence In God's Protection (Psalms 62:1-12) Good News and The Message Translations

GOOD NEWS TRANSLATION
1    I wait patiently for God to save me; I depend on him alone.
2    He alone protects and saves me; he is my defender, and I shall never be defeated.
3    How much longer will all of you attack someone who is no stronger than a broken-down fence?
4    You only want to bring him down from his place of honor;  you take pleasure in lies.  You speak words of blessing, but in your heart you curse him.
5    I depend on God alone;  I put my hope in him.
6    He alone protects and saves me;  he is my defender, and I shall never be defeated.
7    My salvation and honor depend on God;  he is my strong protector;  he is my shelter.
8    Trust in God at all times, my people.  Tell him all your troubles, for he is our refuge.
9    Human beings are all like a puff of breath; great and small alike are worthless.  Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing; they are lighter than a mere breath.
10  Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them. 
11  More than once I have heard God say that power belongs to him
12  and that his love is constant.  You yourself, O Lord, reward everyone according to their deeds.

THE MESSAGE TRANSLATION
1-2  God, the one and only—I’ll wait as long as he says.  Everything I need comes from him, so why not?
He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul,  An impregnable castle:  I’m set for life.
3-4  How long will you gang up on me?  How long will you run with the bullies?  There’s nothing to you, any of you—rotten floorboards, worm-eaten rafters,  Anthills plotting to bring down mountains, far gone in make-believe.  You talk a good line, but every “blessing” breathes a curse.
5-6  God, the one and only—I’ll wait as long as he says.  Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not?  He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul,  An impregnable castle:  I’m set for life.
7-8  My help and glory are in God—granite-strength and safe-harbor-God—So trust him absolutely, people; lay your lives on the line for him.  God is a safe place to be.
9    Man as such is smoke, woman as such, a mirage.  Put them together, they’re nothing; two times nothing is nothing.
10  And a windfall, if it comes—don’t make too much of it.
11  God said this once and for all; how many times Have I heard it repeated?  “Strength comes Straight from God.”  
12  Love to you, Lord God!  You pay a fair wage for a good day’s work!

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