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1-2 Godis King, robed and ruling,

Godis robed and surging with strength.

And yes, the world is firm, immovable,

Your throne ever firm—you’re Eternal!

3-4 Sea storms are up,God,

Sea storms wild and roaring,

Sea storms with thunderous breakers.

Stronger than wild sea storms,

Mightier than sea-storm breakers,

MightyGodrules from High Heaven.

5 What you say goes—it always has.

“Beauty” and “Holy” mark your palace rule,

God, to the very end of time.

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1-2 God, put an end to evil;

avenging God, show your colors!

Judge of the earth, take your stand;

throw the book at the arrogant.

3-4 God, the wicked get away with murder—

how long will you let this go on?

They brag and boast

and crow about their crimes!

5-7 They walk all over your people,God,

exploit and abuse your precious people.

They take out anyone who gets in their way;

if they can’t use them, they kill them.

They think, “Godisn’t looking,

Jacob’s God is out to lunch.”

8-11 Well, think again, you idiots,

fools—how long before you get smart?

Do you think Ear-Maker doesn’t hear,

Eye-Shaper doesn’t see?

Do you think the trainer of nations doesn’t correct,

the teacher of Adam doesn’t know?

Godknows, all right—

knows your stupidity,

sees your shallowness.

12-15 How blessed the man you train,God,

the woman you instruct in your Word,

Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil,

while a jail is being built for the wicked.

Godwill never walk away from his people,

never desert his precious people.

Rest assured that justice is on its way

and every good heart put right.

16-19 Who stood up for me against the wicked?

Who took my side against evil workers?

IfGodhadn’t been there for me,

I never would have made it.

The minute I said, “I’m slipping, I’m falling,”

your love,God, took hold and held me fast.

When I was upset and beside myself,

you calmed me down and cheered me up.

20-23 Can Misrule have anything in common with you?

Can Troublemaker pretend to be on your side?

They ganged up on good people,

plotted behind the backs of the innocent.

ButGodbecame my hideout,

God was my high mountain retreat,

Then boomeranged their evil back on them:

for their evil ways he wiped them out,

ourGodcleaned them out for good.

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1-2 Come, let’s shout praises toGod,

raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!

Let’s march into his presence singing praises,

lifting the rafters with our hymns!

3-5 And why? BecauseGodis the best,

High King over all the gods.

In one hand he holds deep caves and caverns,

in the other hand grasps the high mountains.

He made Ocean—he owns it!

His hands sculpted Earth!

6-7 So come, let us worship: bow before him,

on your knees beforeGod, who made us!

Oh yes, he’s our God,

and we’re the people he pastures, the flock he feeds.

7-11 Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks:

“Don’t turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising,

As on the day of the Wilderness Test,

when your ancestors turned and putmeto the test.

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?’

Exasperated, I exploded,

‘They’ll never get where they’re headed,

never be able to sit down and rest.’”

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1-2 SingGoda brand-new song!

Earth and everyone in it, sing!

Sing toGod—worshipGod!

2-3 Shout the news of his victory from sea to sea,

Take the news of his glory to the lost,

News of his wonders to one and all!

4-5 ForGodis great, and worth a thousand Hallelujahs.

His terrible beauty makes the gods look cheap;

Pagan gods are mere tatters and rags.

5-6 Godmade the heavens—

Royal splendor radiates from him,

A powerful beauty sets him apart.

7 Bravo,God, Bravo!

Everyone join in the great shout: Encore!

In awe before the beauty, in awe before the might.

8-9 Bring gifts and celebrate,

Bow before the beauty ofGod,

Then to your knees—everyone worship!

10 Get out the message—GodRules!

He put the world on a firm foundation;

He treats everyone fair and square.

11 Let’s hear it from Sky,

With Earth joining in,

And a huge round of applause from Sea.

12 Let Wilderness turn cartwheels,

Animals, come dance,

Put every tree of the forest in the choir—

13 An extravaganza beforeGodas he comes,

As he comes to set everything right on earth,

Set everything right, treat everyone fair.

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1 Godrules:there’ssomething to shout over!

On the double, mainlands and islands—celebrate!

2 Bright clouds and storm clouds circle ’round him;

Right and justice anchor his rule.

3 Fire blazes out before him,

Flaming high up the craggy mountains.

4 His lightnings light up the world;

Earth, wide-eyed, trembles in fear.

5 The mountains take one look atGod

And melt, melt like wax before earth’s Lord.

6 The heavens announce that he’ll set everything right,

And everyone will see it happen—glorious!

7-8 All who serve handcrafted gods will be sorry—

And they were so proud of their ragamuffin gods!

On your knees, all you gods—worship him!

And Zion, you listen and take heart!

Daughters of Zion, sing your hearts out:

Godhas done it all, has set everything right.

9 You,God, are High God of the cosmos,

Far, far higher than any of the gods.

10 Godloves all who hate evil,

And those who love him he keeps safe,

Snatches them from the grip of the wicked.

11 Light-seeds are planted in the souls of God’s people,

Joy-seeds are planted in good heart-soil.

12 So, God’s people, shout praise toGod,

Give thanks to our Holy God!

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1 Sing toGoda brand-new song.

He’s made a world of wonders!

He rolled up his sleeves,

He set things right.

2 Godmade history with salvation,

He showed the world what he could do.

3 He remembered to love us, a bonus

To his dear family, Israel—indefatigable love.

The whole earth comes to attention.

Look—God’s work of salvation!

4 Shout your praises toGod, everybody!

Let loose and sing! Strike up the band!

5 Round up an orchestra to play forGod,

Add on a hundred-voice choir.

6 Feature trumpets and big trombones,

Fill the air with praises to KingGod.

7 Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause,

With everything living on earth joining in.

8 Let ocean breakers call out, “Encore!”

And mountains harmonize the finale—

9 A tribute toGodwhen he comes,

When he comes to set the earth right.

He’ll straighten out the whole world,

He’ll put the world right, and everyone in it.

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1-3 Godrules. On your toes, everybody!

He rules from his angel throne—take notice!

Godlooms majestic in Zion,

He towers in splendor over all the big names.

Great and terrible your beauty: let everyone praise you!

Holy. Yes, holy.

4-5 Strong King, lover of justice,

You laid things out fair and square;

You set down the foundations in Jacob,

Foundation stones of just and right ways.

HonorGod, our God; worship his rule!

Holy. Yes, holy.

6-9 Moses and Aaron were his priests,

Samuel among those who prayed to him.

They prayed toGodand he answered them;

He spoke from the pillar of cloud.

And they did what he said; they kept the law he gave them.

And thenGod, our God, answered them

(But you were never soft on their sins).

Lift highGod, our God; worship at his holy mountain.

Holy. Yes, holy isGodour God.

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A Thanksgiving Psalm

1-2 On your feet now—applaudGod!

Bring a gift of laughter,

sing yourselves into his presence.

3 Know this:Godis God, and God,God.

He made us; we didn’t make him.

We’re his people, his well-tended sheep.

4 Enter with the password: “Thank you!”

Make yourselves at home, talking praise.

Thank him. Worship him.

5 ForGodis sheer beauty,

all-generous in love,

loyal always and ever.

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A David Psalm

1-8 My theme song is God’s love and justice,

and I’m singing it right to you,God.

I’m finding my way down the road of right living,

but how long before you show up?

I’m doing the very best I can,

and I’m doing it at home, where it counts.

I refuse to take a second look

at corrupting people and degrading things.

I reject made-in-Canaan gods,

stay clear of contamination.

The crooked in heart keep their distance;

I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil.

I put a gag on the gossip

who bad-mouths his neighbor;

I can’t stand

arrogance.

But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people—

they’re the ones I want working with me;

Men and women on the straight and narrow—

these are the ones I want at my side.

But no one who traffics in lies

gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars.

I’ve rounded up all the wicked like cattle

and herded them right out of the country.

I purgedGod’s city

of all who make a business of evil.

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A Prayer of One Whose Life Is Falling to Pieces, and Who Lets God Know Just How Bad It Is

1-2 God, listen! Listen to my prayer,

listen to the pain in my cries.

Don’t turn your back on me

just when I need you so desperately.

Pay attention! This is a cry forhelp!

And hurry—this can’t wait!

3-11 I’m wasting away to nothing,

I’m burning up with fever.

I’m a ghost of my former self,

half-consumed already by terminal illness.

My jaws ache from gritting my teeth;

I’m nothing but skin and bones.

I’m like a buzzard in the desert,

a crow perched on the rubble.

Insomniac, I twitter away,

mournful as a sparrow in the gutter.

All day long my enemies taunt me,

while others just curse.

They bring in meals—casseroles of ashes!

I draw drink from a barrel of my tears.

And all because of your furious anger;

you swept me up and threw me out.

There’s nothing left of me—

a withered weed, swept clean from the path.

12-17 Yet you,God, are sovereign still,

always and ever sovereign.

You’ll get up from your throne and help Zion—

it’s time for compassionate help.

Oh, how your servants love this city’s rubble

and weep with compassion over its dust!

The godless nations will sit up and take notice

—see your glory, worship your name—

WhenGodrebuilds Zion,

when he shows up in all his glory,

When he attends to the prayer of the wretched.

He won’t dismiss their prayer.

18-22 Write this down for the next generation

so people not yet born will praiseGod:

“Godlooked out from his high holy place;

from heaven he surveyed the earth.

He listened to the groans of the doomed,

he opened the doors of their death cells.”

Write it so the story can be told in Zion,

soGod’s praise will be sung in Jerusalem’s streets

And wherever people gather together

along with their rulers to worship him.

23-28 Godsovereignly brought me to my knees,

he cut me down in my prime.

“Oh, don’t,” I prayed, “please don’t let me die.

You have more years than you know what to do with!

You laid earth’s foundations a long time ago,

and handcrafted the very heavens;

You’ll still be around when they’re long gone,

threadbare and discarded like an old suit of clothes.

You’ll throw them away like a worn-out coat,

but year after year you’re as good as new.

Your servants’ children will have a good place to live

and their children will be at home with you.”

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