The Message

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            <div class="label">33</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1 v2 v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.1+PSA.33.2+PSA.33.3"><span class="label">1-3</span><span class="content">Good people, cheer </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.1+PSA.33.2+PSA.33.3"><span class="content">Right-living people sound best when praising.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.1+PSA.33.2+PSA.33.3"><span class="content">Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.1+PSA.33.2+PSA.33.3"><span class="content">Play his praise on a grand piano!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.1+PSA.33.2+PSA.33.3"><span class="content">Compose your own new song to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.1+PSA.33.2+PSA.33.3"><span class="content">give him a trumpet fanfare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.1+PSA.33.2+PSA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.4+PSA.33.5"><span class="label">4-5</span><span class="content">For </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s Word is solid to the core;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.4+PSA.33.5"><span class="content">everything he makes is sound inside and out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.4+PSA.33.5"><span class="content">He loves it when everything fits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.4+PSA.33.5"><span class="content">when his world is in plumb-line true.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.4+PSA.33.5"><span class="content">Earth is drenched</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.4+PSA.33.5"><span class="content">in </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s affectionate satisfaction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.4+PSA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6 v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.6+PSA.33.7"><span class="label">6-7</span><span class="content">The skies were made by </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.6+PSA.33.7"><span class="content">he breathed the word and the stars popped out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.6+PSA.33.7"><span class="content">He scooped Sea into his jug,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.6+PSA.33.7"><span class="content">put Ocean in his keg.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.6+PSA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8 v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.8+PSA.33.9"><span class="label">8-9</span><span class="content">Earth-creatures, bow before </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8 v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.8+PSA.33.9"><span class="content">world-dwellers&#8212;down on your knees!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8 v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.8+PSA.33.9"><span class="content">Here&#8217;s why: he spoke and there it was,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8 v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.8+PSA.33.9"><span class="content">in place the moment he said so.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8 v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.8+PSA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.10+PSA.33.11+PSA.33.12"><span class="label">10-12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> takes the wind out of Babel pretense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.10+PSA.33.11+PSA.33.12"><span class="content">he shoots down the world&#8217;s power-schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.10+PSA.33.11+PSA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s plan for the world stands up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.10+PSA.33.11+PSA.33.12"><span class="content">all his designs are made to last.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.10+PSA.33.11+PSA.33.12"><span class="content">Blessed is the country with </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> for God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.10+PSA.33.11+PSA.33.12"><span class="content">blessed are the people he&#8217;s put in his will.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.10+PSA.33.11+PSA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13 v14 v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.13+PSA.33.14+PSA.33.15"><span class="label">13-15</span><span class="content">From high in the skies </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> looks around,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13 v14 v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.13+PSA.33.14+PSA.33.15"><span class="content">he sees all Adam&#8217;s brood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13 v14 v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.13+PSA.33.14+PSA.33.15"><span class="content">From where he sits</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13 v14 v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.13+PSA.33.14+PSA.33.15"><span class="content">he overlooks all us earth-dwellers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13 v14 v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.13+PSA.33.14+PSA.33.15"><span class="content">He has shaped each person in turn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13 v14 v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.13+PSA.33.14+PSA.33.15"><span class="content">now he watches everything we do.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13 v14 v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.13+PSA.33.14+PSA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.16+PSA.33.17"><span class="label">16-17</span><span class="content">No king succeeds with a big army alone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.16+PSA.33.17"><span class="content">no warrior wins by brute strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.16+PSA.33.17"><span class="content">Horsepower is not the answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.16+PSA.33.17"><span class="content">no one gets by on muscle alone.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.16+PSA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.18+PSA.33.19"><span class="label">18-19</span><span class="content">Watch this: God&#8217;s eye is on those who respect him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.18+PSA.33.19"><span class="content">the ones who are looking for his love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.18+PSA.33.19"><span class="content">He&#8217;s ready to come to their rescue in bad times;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.18+PSA.33.19"><span class="content">in lean times he keeps body and soul together.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.18+PSA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.20+PSA.33.21+PSA.33.22"><span class="label">20-22</span><span class="content">We&#8217;re depending on </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.20+PSA.33.21+PSA.33.22"><span class="content">he&#8217;s everything we need.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.20+PSA.33.21+PSA.33.22"><span class="content">What&#8217;s more, our hearts brim with joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.20+PSA.33.21+PSA.33.22"><span class="content">since we&#8217;ve taken for our own his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.20+PSA.33.21+PSA.33.22"><span class="content">Love us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">, with all you&#8217;ve got&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.20+PSA.33.21+PSA.33.22"><span class="content">that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re depending on.</span></span></div>
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Good people, cheer GOD!
Right-living people sound best when praising.
Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!
Play his praise on a grand piano!
Compose your own new song to him;
give him a trumpet fanfare.

For GOD’s Word is solid to the core;
everything he makes is sound inside and out.
He loves it when everything fits,
when his world is in plumb-line true.
Earth is drenched
in GOD’s affectionate satisfaction.

The skies were made by GOD’s command;
he breathed the word and the stars popped out.
He scooped Sea into his jug,
put Ocean in his keg.

Earth-creatures, bow before GOD;
world-dwellers—down on your knees!
Here’s why: he spoke and there it was,
in place the moment he said so.

GOD takes the wind out of Babel pretense,
he shoots down the world’s power-schemes.
GOD’s plan for the world stands up,
all his designs are made to last.
Blessed is the country with GOD for God;
blessed are the people he’s put in his will.

From high in the skies GOD looks around,
he sees all Adam’s brood.
From where he sits
he overlooks all us earth-dwellers.
He has shaped each person in turn;
now he watches everything we do.

No king succeeds with a big army alone,
no warrior wins by brute strength.
Horsepower is not the answer;
no one gets by on muscle alone.

Watch this: God’s eye is on those who respect him,
the ones who are looking for his love.
He’s ready to come to their rescue in bad times;
in lean times he keeps body and soul together.

We’re depending on GOD;
he’s everything we need.
What’s more, our hearts brim with joy
since we’ve taken for our own his holy name.
Love us, GOD, with all you’ve got—
that’s what we’re depending on.

Listen to Psalms 33