Good News Translation (GNT)

The Complaint of Someone in Trouble

1 I praise you, God; don’t remain silent!

2 Wicked people and liars have attacked me.

They tell lies about me,

3 and they say evil things about me,

attacking me for no reason.

4 They oppose me, even though I love them

and have prayed for them.

5 They pay me back evil for good

and hatred for love.

6 Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy,

and let one of his own enemies accuse him.

7 May he be tried and found guilty;

may even his prayer be considered a crime!

8 May his life soon be ended;

may someone else take his job!

9 May his children become orphans,

and his wife a widow!

10 May his children be homeless beggars;

may they be driven fromthe ruins they live in!

11 May his creditors take away all his property,

and may strangers get everything he worked for.

12 May no one ever be kind to him

or care for the orphans he leaves behind.

13 May all his descendants die,

and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.

14 May the Lord remember the evil of his ancestors

and never forgive his mother’s sins.

15 May the Lord always remember their sins,

but may they themselves be completely forgotten!

16 That man never thought of being kind;

he persecuted and killed

the poor, the needy, and the helpless.

17 He loved to curse—may he be cursed!

He hated to give blessings—may no one bless him!

18 He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself;

may his own curses soak into his body like water

and into his bones like oil!

19 May they cover him like clothes

and always be around him like a belt!

20 Lord, punish my enemies in that way—

those who say such evil things against me!

21 But my Sovereign Lord, help me as you have promised,

and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.

22 I am poor and needy;

I am hurt to the depths of my heart.

23 Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish;

I am blown away like an insect.

24 My knees are weak from lack of food;

I am nothing but skin and bones.

25 When people see me, they laugh at me;

they shake their heads in scorn.

26 Help me, O Lord my God;

because of your constant love, save me!

27 Make my enemies know

that you are the one who saves me.

28 They may curse me, but you will bless me.

May my persecutors be defeated,

and may I, your servant, be glad.

29 May my enemies be covered with disgrace;

may they wear their shame like a robe.

30 I will give loud thanks to the Lord;

I will praise him in the assembly of the people,

31 because he defends the poor

and saves them from those who condemn them to death.

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The Lord and His Chosen King

1 The Lord said to my lord,

“Sit here at my right side

until I put your enemies under your feet.”

2 From Zion the Lord will extend your royal power.

“Rule over your enemies,” he says.

3 On the day you fight your enemies,

your people will volunteer.

Like the dew of early morning

your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.

4 The Lord made a solemn promise and will not take it back:

“You will be a priest forever

in the priestly order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at your right side;

when he becomes angry, he will defeat kings.

6 He will pass judgment on the nations

and fill the battlefield with corpses;

he will defeat kings all over the earth.

7 The king will drink from the stream by the road,

and strengthened, he will stand victorious.

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In Praise of the Lord

1 Praise the Lord!

With all my heart I will thank the Lord

in the assembly of his people.

2 How wonderful are the things the Lord does!

All who are delighted with them want to understand them.

3 All he does is full of honor and majesty;

his righteousness is eternal.

4 The Lord does not let us forget his wonderful actions;

he is kind and merciful.

5 He provides food for those who honor him;

he never forgets his covenant.

6 He has shown his power to his people

by giving them the lands of foreigners.

7 In all he does he is faithful and just;

all his commands are dependable.

8 They last for all time;

they were given in truth and righteousness.

9 He set his people free

and made an eternal covenant with them.

Holy and mighty is he!

10 The way to become wise is to honor the Lord;

he gives sound judgment to all who obey his commands.

He is to be praised forever.

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The Happiness of a Good Person

1 Praise the Lord!

Happy is the person who honors the Lord,

who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

2 The good man’s children will be powerful in the land;

his descendants will be blessed.

3 His family will be wealthy and rich,

and he will be prosperous forever.

4 Light shines in the darkness for good people,

for those who are merciful, kind, and just.

5 Happy is the person who is generous with his loans,

who runs his business honestly.

6 A good person will never fail;

he will always be remembered.

7 He is not afraid of receiving bad news;

his faith is strong, and he trusts in the Lord.

8 He is not worried or afraid;

he is certain to see his enemies defeated.

9 He gives generously to the needy,

and his kindness never fails;

he will be powerful and respected.

10 The wicked see this and are angry;

they glare in hate and disappear;

their hopes are gone forever.

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In Praise of the Lord’s Goodness

1 Praise the Lord!

You servants of the Lord,

praise his name!

2 May his name be praised,

now and forever.

3 From the east to the west

praise the name of the Lord!

4 The Lord rules over all nations;

his glory is above the heavens.

5 There is no one like the Lord our God.

He lives in the heights above,

6 but he bends down

to see the heavens and the earth.

7 He raises the poor from the dust;

he lifts the needy from their misery

8 and makes them companions of princes,

the princes of his people.

9 He honors the childless wife in her home;

he makes her happy by giving her children.

Praise the Lord!

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A Passover Song

1 When the people of Israel left Egypt,

when Jacob’s descendants left that foreign land,

2 Judah became the Lord’s holy people,

Israel became his own possession.

3 The Red Sea looked and ran away;

the Jordan River stopped flowing.

4 The mountains skipped like goats;

the hills jumped around like lambs.

5 What happened, Sea, to make you run away?

And you, O Jordan, why did you stop flowing?

6 You mountains, why did you skip like goats?

You hills, why did you jump around like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, at the Lord’s coming,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who changes rocks into pools of water

and solid cliffs into flowing springs.

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The One True God

1 To you alone, O Lord, to you alone,

and not to us, must glory be given

because of your constant love and faithfulness.

2 Why should the nations ask us,

“Where is your God?”

3 Our God is in heaven;

he does whatever he wishes.

4 Their gods are made of silver and gold,

formed by human hands.

5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,

and eyes, but cannot see.

6 They have ears, but cannot hear,

and noses, but cannot smell.

7 They have hands, but cannot feel,

and feet, but cannot walk;

they cannot make a sound.

8 May all who made them and who trust in them

becomelike the idols they have made.

9 Trust in the Lord, you people of Israel.

He helps you and protects you.

10 Trust in the Lord, you priests of God.

He helps you and protects you.

11 Trust in the Lord, all you that worship him.

He helps you and protects you.

12 The Lord remembers us and will bless us;

he will bless the people of Israel

and all the priests of God.

13 He will bless everyone who honors him,

the great and the small alike.

14 May the Lord give you children—

you and your descendants!

15 May you be blessed by the Lord,

who made heaven and earth!

16 Heaven belongs to the Lord alone,

but he gave the earth to us humans.

17 The Lord is not praised by the dead,

by any who go down to the land of silence.

18 But we, the living, will give thanks to him

now and forever.

Praise the Lord!

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Someone Saved from Death Praises God

1 I love the Lord, because he hears me;

he listens to my prayers.

2 He listens to me

every time I call to him.

3 The danger of death was all around me;

the horrors of the grave closed in on me;

I was filled with fear and anxiety.

4 Then I called to the Lord,

“I beg you, Lord, save me!”

5 The Lord is merciful and good;

our God is compassionate.

6 The Lord protects the helpless;

when I was in danger, he saved me.

7 Be confident, my heart,

because the Lord has been good to me.

8 The Lord saved me from death;

he stopped my tears

and kept me from defeat.

9 And so I walk in the presence of the Lord

in the world of the living.

10 I kept on believing, even when I said,

“I am completely crushed,”

11 even when I was afraid and said,

“No one can be trusted.”

12 What can I offer the Lord

for all his goodness to me?

13 I will bring a wine offering to the Lord,

to thank him for saving me.

14 In the assembly of all his people

I will give him what I have promised.

15 How painful it is to the Lord

when one of his people dies!

16 I am your servant, Lord;

I serve you just as my mother did.

You have saved me from death.

17 I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving

and offer my prayer to you.

18-19 In the assembly of all your people,

in the sanctuary of your Temple in Jerusalem,

I will give you what I have promised.

Praise the Lord!

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In Praise of the Lord

1 Praise the Lord, all nations!

Praise him, all peoples!

2 His love for us is strong,

and his faithfulness is eternal.

Praise the Lord!

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A Prayer of Thanks for Victory

1 Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good,

and his love is eternal.

2 Let the people of Israel say,

“His love is eternal.”

3 Let the priests of God say,

“His love is eternal.”

4 Let all who worship him say,

“His love is eternal.”

5 In my distress I called to the Lord;

he answered me and set me free.

6 The Lord is with me, I will not be afraid;

what can anyone do to me?

7 It is the Lord who helps me,

and I will see my enemies defeated.

8 It is better to trust in the Lord

than to depend on people.

9 It is better to trust in the Lord

than to depend on human leaders.

10 Many enemies were around me;

but I destroyed them by the power of the Lord!

11 They were around me on every side;

but I destroyed them by the power of the Lord!

12 They swarmed around me like bees,

but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire;

by the power of the Lord I destroyed them.

13 I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated,

but the Lord helped me.

14 The Lord makes me powerful and strong;

he has saved me.

15 Listen to the glad shouts of victory in the tents of God’s people:

“The Lord’s mighty power has done it!

16 His power has brought us victory—

his mighty power in battle!”

17 I will not die; instead, I will live

and proclaim what the Lord has done.

18 He has punished me severely,

but he has not let me die.

19 Open to me the gates of the Temple;

I will go in and give thanks to the Lord!

20 This is the gate of the Lord;

only the righteous can come in.

21 I praise you, Lord, because you heard me,

because you have given me victory.

22 The stone which the builders rejected as worthless

turned out to be the most important of all.

23 This was done by the Lord;

what a wonderful sight it is!

24 This is the day of the Lord’s victory;

let us be happy, let us celebrate!

25 Save us, Lord, save us!

Give us success, O Lord!

26 May God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

From the Temple of the Lord we bless you.

27 The Lord is God; he has been good to us.

With branches in your hands, start the festival

and march around the altar.

28 You are my God, and I give you thanks;

I will proclaim your greatness.

29 Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good,

and his love is eternal.

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