Good News Translation (GNT)

A Prayer for Safety

1 Save me from my enemies, my God;

protect me from those who attack me!

2 Save me from those evil people;

rescue me from those murderers!

3 Look! They are waiting to kill me;

cruel people are gathering against me.

It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,

4 nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord,

that they hurry to their places.

5 Rise, Lord God Almighty, and come to my aid;

see for yourself, God of Israel!

Wake up and punish the heathen;

show no mercy to evil traitors!

6 They come back in the evening,

snarling like dogs as they go about the city.

7 Listen to their insults and threats.

Their tongues are like swords in their mouths,

yet they think that no one hears them.

8 But you laugh at them, Lord;

you mock all the heathen.

9 I have confidence in your strength;

you are my refuge, O God.

10 My God loves me and will come to me;

he will let me see my enemies defeated.

11 Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget.

Scatter them by your strength and defeat them,

O Lord, our protector.

12 Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful;

may they be caught in their pride!

Because they curse and lie,

13 destroy them in your anger;

destroy them completely.

Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel,

that his rule extends over all the earth.

14 My enemies come back in the evening,

snarling like dogs as they go about the city,

15 like dogs roaming about for food

and growling if they do not find enough.

16 But I will sing about your strength;

every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love.

You have been a refuge for me,

a shelter in my time of trouble.

17 I will praise you, my defender.

My refuge is God,

the God who loves me.

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A Prayer for Deliverance

1 You have rejected us, God, and defeated us;

you have been angry with us—but now turn back to us.

2 You have made the land tremble, and you have cut it open;

now heal its wounds, because it is falling apart.

3 You have made your people suffer greatly;

we stagger around as though we were drunk.

4 You have warned those who have reverence for you,

so that they might escape destruction.

5 Save us by your might; answer our prayer,

so that the people you love may be rescued.

6 From his sanctuaryGod has said,

“In triumph I will divide Shechem

and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh too;

Ephraim is my helmet

and Judah my royal scepter.

8 But I will use Moab as my washbowl,

and I will throw my sandals on Edom,

as a sign that I own it.

Did the Philistines think they would shout in triumph over me?”

9 Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

10 Have you really rejected us?

Aren’t you going to march out with our armies?

11 Help us against the enemy;

human help is worthless.

12 With God on our side we will win;

he will defeat our enemies.

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A Prayer for Protection

1 Hear my cry, O God;

listen to my prayer!

2 In despair and far from home

I call to you!

Take me to a safe refuge,

3 for you are my protector,

my strong defense against my enemies.

4 Let me live in your sanctuary all my life;

let me find safety under your wings.

5 You have heard my promises, O God,

and you have given me what belongs to those who honor you.

6 Add many years to the king’s life;

let him live on and on!

7 May he rule forever in your presence, O God;

protect him with your constant love and faithfulness.

8 So I will always sing praises to you,

as I offer you daily what I have promised.

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Confidence in God’s Protection

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.

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Longing for God

1 O God, you are my God,

and I long for you.

My whole being desires you;

like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land,

my soul is thirsty for you.

2 Let me see you in the sanctuary;

let me see how mighty and glorious you are.

3 Your constant love is better than life itself,

and so I will praise you.

4 I will give you thanks as long as I live;

I will raise my hands to you in prayer.

5 My soul will feast and be satisfied,

and I will sing glad songs of praise to you.

6 As I lie in bed, I remember you;

all night long I think of you,

7 because you have always been my help.

In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

8 I cling to you,

and your hand keeps me safe.

9 Those who are trying to kill me

will go down into the world of the dead.

10 They will be killed in battle,

and their bodies eaten by wolves.

11 Because God gives him victory,

the king will rejoice.

Those who make promises in God’s name will praise him,

but the mouths of liars will be shut.

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A Prayer for Protection

1 I am in trouble, God—listen to my prayer!

I am afraid of my enemies—save my life!

2 Protect me from the plots of the wicked,

from mobs of evil people.

3 They sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim cruel words like arrows.

4 They are quick to spread their shameless lies;

they destroy good people with cowardly slander.

5 They encourage each other in their evil plots;

they talk about where they will place their traps.

“No one can see them,” they say.

6 They make evil plans and say,

“We have planned a perfect crime.”

The human heart and mind are a mystery.

7 But God shoots his arrows at them,

and suddenly they are wounded.

8 He will destroy them because of those words;

all who see them will shake their heads.

9 They will all be afraid;

they will think about what God has done

and tell about his deeds.

10 All righteous people will rejoice

because of what the Lord has done.

They will find safety in him;

all good people will praise him.

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Praise and Thanksgiving

1 O God, it is right for us to praise you in Zion

and keep our promises to you,

2 because you answer prayers.

People everywhere will come to you

3 on account of their sins.

Our faults defeat us,

but you forgive them.

4 Happy are those whom you choose,

whom you bring to live in your sanctuary.

We shall be satisfied with the good things of your house,

the blessings of your sacred Temple.

5 You answer us by giving us victory,

and you do wonderful things to save us.

People all over the world

and across the distant seas trust in you.

6 You set the mountains in place by your strength,

showing your mighty power.

7 You calm the roar of the seas

and the noise of the waves;

you calm the uproar of the peoples.

8 The whole world stands in awe

of the great things that you have done.

Your deeds bring shouts of joy

from one end of the earth to the other.

9 You show your care for the land by sending rain;

you make it rich and fertile.

You fill the streams with water;

you provide the earth with crops.

This is how you do it:

10 you send abundant rain on the plowed fields

and soak them with water;

you soften the soil with showers

and cause the young plants to grow.

11 What a rich harvest your goodness provides!

Wherever you go there is plenty.

12 The pastures are filled with flocks;

the hillsides are full of joy.

13 The fields are covered with sheep;

the valleys are full of wheat.

Everything shouts and sings for joy.

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A Song of Praise and Thanksgiving

1 Praise God with shouts of joy, all people!

2 Sing to the glory of his name;

offer him glorious praise!

3 Say to God, “How wonderful are the things you do!

Your power is so great

that your enemies bow down in fear before you.

4 Everyone on earth worships you;

they sing praises to you,

they sing praises to your name.”

5 Come and see what God has done,

his wonderful acts among people.

6 He changed the sea into dry land;

our ancestors crossed the river on foot.

There we rejoiced because of what he did.

7 He rules forever by his might

and keeps his eyes on the nations.

Let no rebels rise against him.

8 Praise our God, all nations;

let your praise be heard.

9 He has kept us alive

and has not allowed us to fall.

10 You have put us to the test, God;

as silver is purified by fire,

so you have tested us.

11 You let us fall into a trap

and placed heavy burdens on our backs.

12 You let our enemies trample us;

we went through fire and flood,

but now you have brought us to a place of safety.

13 I will bring burnt offerings to your house;

I will offer you what I promised.

14 I will give you what I said I would

when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer sheep to be burned on the altar;

I will sacrifice bulls and goats,

and the smoke will go up to the sky.

16 Come and listen, all who honor God,

and I will tell you what he has done for me.

17 I cried to him for help;

I praised him with songs.

18 If I had ignored my sins,

the Lord would not have listened to me.

19 But God has indeed heard me;

he has listened to my prayer.

20 I praise God,

because he did not reject my prayer

or keep back his constant love from me.

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A Song of Thanksgiving

1 God, be merciful to us and bless us;

look on us with kindness,

2 so that the whole world may know your will;

so that all nations may know your salvation.

3 May the peoples praise you, O God;

may all the peoples praise you!

4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,

because you judge the peoples with justice

and guide every nation on earth.

5 May the peoples praise you, O God;

may all the peoples praise you!

6 The land has produced its harvest;

God, our God, has blessed us.

7 God has blessed us;

may all people everywhere honor him.

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A National Song of Triumph

1 God rises up and scatters his enemies.

Those who hate him run away in defeat.

2 As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off;

as wax melts in front of the fire,

so do the wicked perish in God’s presence.

3 But the righteous are glad and rejoice in his presence;

they are happy and shout for joy.

4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name;

prepare a way for him who rides on the clouds.

His name is the Lord—be glad in his presence!

5 God, who lives in his sacred Temple,

cares for orphans and protects widows.

6 He gives the lonely a home to live in

and leads prisoners out into happy freedom,

but rebels will have to live in a desolate land.

7 O God, when you led your people,

when you marched across the desert,

8 the earth shook, and the sky poured down rain,

because of the coming of the God of Sinai,

the coming of the God of Israel.

9 You caused abundant rain to fall

and restored your worn-out land;

10 your people made their home there;

in your goodness you provided for the poor.

11 The Lord gave the command,

and many women carried the news:

12 “Kings and their armies are running away!”

The women at home divided what was captured:

13 figures of doves covered with silver,

whose wings glittered with fine gold.

(Why did some of you stay among the sheep pens on the day of battle?)

14 When Almighty God scattered the kings on Mount Zalmon,

he caused snow to fall there.

15 What a mighty mountain is Bashan,

a mountain of many peaks!

16 Why from your mighty peaks do you look with scorn

on the mountainon which God chose to live?

The Lord will live there forever!

17 With his many thousands of mighty chariots

the Lord comes from Sinaiinto the holy place.

18 He goes up to the heights,

taking many captives with him;

he receives gifts from rebellious people.

The Lord God will live there.

19 Praise the Lord,

who carries our burdens day after day;

he is the God who saves us.

20 Our God is a God who saves;

he is the Lord, our Lord,

who rescues us from death.

21 God will surely break the heads of his enemies,

of those who persist in their sinful ways.

22 The Lord has said, “I will bring your enemies back from Bashan;

I will bring them back from the depths of the ocean,

23 so that you may wade in their blood,

and your dogs may lap up as much as they want.”

24 O God, your march of triumph is seen by all,

the procession of God, my king, into his sanctuary.

25 The singers are in front, the musicians are behind,

in between are the young women beating the tambourines.

26 “Praise God in the meeting of his people;

praise the Lord, all you descendants of Jacob!”

27 First comes Benjamin, the smallest tribe,

then the leaders of Judah with their group,

followed by the leaders of Zebulun and Naphtali.

28 Show your power, O God,

the power you have used on our behalf

29 from your Temple in Jerusalem,

where kings bring gifts to you.

30 Rebuke Egypt, that wild animal in the reeds;

rebuke the nations, that herd of bulls with their calves,

until they all bow down and offer you their silver.

Scatter those people who love to make war!

31 Ambassadorswill come from Egypt;

the Ethiopianswill raise their hands in prayer to God.

32 Sing to God, kingdoms of the world,

sing praise to the Lord,

33 to him who rides in the sky,

the ancient sky.

Listen to him shout with a mighty roar.

34 Proclaim God’s power;

his majesty is over Israel,

his might is in the skies.

35 How awesome is God as he comes from his sanctuary—

the God of Israel!

He gives strength and power to his people.

Praise God!

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