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1-10Hallelujah!Blessed man, blessed woman, who fear God,Who cherish and relish his commandments,Their children robust on the earth,And the homes of the upright—how blessed!Their houses brim with wealthAnd a generosity that never runs dry.Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good people—God’s grace and mercy and justice!The good person is generous and lends lavishly;No shuffling or stumbling around for this one,But a sterling and solid and lasting reputation.Unfazed by rumor and gossip,Heart ready, trusting in God,Spirit firm, unperturbed,Ever blessed, relaxed among enemies,They lavish gifts on the poor—A generosity that goes on, and on, and on.An honored life! A beautiful life!Someone wicked takes one look and rages,Blusters away but ends up speechless.There’s nothing to the dreams of the wicked. Nothing.

1,2Wilderness and desert will sing joyously,the badlands will celebrate and flower—Like the crocus in spring, bursting into blossom,a symphony of song and color.Mountain glories of Lebanon—a gift.Awesome Carmel, stunning Sharon—gifts.God’s resplendent glory, fully on display.God awesome, God majestic.

3,4Energize the limp hands,strengthen the rubbery knees.Tell fearful souls,"Courage! Take heart!God is here, right here,on his way to put things rightAnd redress all wrongs.He’s on his way! He’ll save you!"

8-10There will be a highwaycalled the Holy Road.No one rude or rebelliousis permitted on this road.It’s for God’s people exclusively—impossible to get lost on this road.Not even fools can get lost on it.No lions on this road,no dangerous wild animals—Nothing and no one dangerous or threatening.Only the redeemed will walk on it.The people God has ransomedwill come back on this road.They’ll sing as they make their way home to Zion,unfading halos of joy encircling their heads,Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladnessas all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night.

1,2On your feet now—applaud God!Bring a gift of laughter,sing yourselves into his presence.

3Know this: God is God, and God, God.He made us; we didn’t make him.We’re his people, his well-tended sheep.

4Enter with the password: "Thank you!"Make yourselves at home, talking praise.Thank him. Worship him.

2-7The people who walked in darknesshave seen a great light.For those who lived in a land of deep shadows—light! sunbursts of light!You repopulated the nation,you expanded its joy.Oh, they’re so glad in your presence!Festival joy!The joy of a great celebration,sharing rich gifts and warm greetings.The abuse of oppressors and cruelty of tyrants—all their whips and clubs and curses—Is gone, done away with, a deliveranceas surprising and sudden as Gideon’s old victory over Midian.The boots of all those invading troops,along with their shirts soaked with innocent blood,Will be piled in a heap and burned,a fire that will burn for days!For a child has been born—for us!the gift of a son—for us!He’ll take overthe running of the world.His names will be: Amazing Counselor,Strong God,Eternal Father,Prince of Wholeness.His ruling authority will grow,and there’ll be no limits to the wholeness he brings.He’ll rule from the historic David throneover that promised kingdom.He’ll put that kingdom on a firm footingand keep it goingWith fair dealing and right living,beginning now and lasting always.The zeal of God-of-the-Angel-Armieswill do all this.

8-10The Master sent a message against Jacob.It landed right on Israel’s doorstep.All the people soon heard the message,Ephraim and the citizens of Samaria.But they were a proud and arrogant bunch.They dismissed the message, saying,"Things aren’t that bad.We can handle anything that comes.If our buildings are knocked down,we’ll rebuild them bigger and finer.If our forests are cut down,we’ll replant them with finer trees."

13-17But the people paid no mind to him who hit them,didn’t seek God-of-the-Angel-Armies.So God hacked off Israel’s head and tail,palm branch and reed, both on the same day.The bigheaded elders were the head,the lying prophets were the tail.Those who were supposed to lead this peopleled them down blind alleys,And those who followed the leadersended up lost and confused.That’s why the Master lost interest in the young men,had no feeling for their orphans and widows.All of them were godless and evil,talking filth and folly.And even after that, he was still angry,his fist still raised, ready to hit them again.

1-7Your strength, God, is the king’s strength.Helped, he’s hollering Hosannas.You gave him exactly what he wanted;you didn’t hold back.You filled his arms with gifts;you gave him a right royal welcome.He wanted a good life; you gave it to him,and then made it a long life as a bonus.You lifted him high and bright as a cumulus cloud,then dressed him in rainbow colors.You pile blessings on him;you make him glad when you smile.Is it any wonder the king loves God?that he’s sticking with the Best?

8-12With a fistful of enemies in one handand a fistful of haters in the other,You radiate with such brilliancethat they cringe as before a furnace.Now the furnace swallows them whole,the fire eats them alive!You purge the earth of their progeny,you wipe the slate clean.All their evil schemes, the plots they cook up,have fizzled—every one.You sent them packing;they couldn’t face you.

13Show your strength, God, so no one can miss it.We are out singing the good news!

1-3Listen, far-flung islands,pay attention, faraway people:God put me to work from the day I was born.The moment I entered the world he named me.He gave me speech that would cut and penetrate.He kept his hand on me to protect me.He made me his straight arrowand hid me in his quiver.He said to me, "You’re my dear servant,Israel, through whom I’ll shine."

5,6"And now," God says,this God who took me in handfrom the moment of birth to be his servant,To bring Jacob back home to him,to set a reunion for Israel—What an honor for me in God’s eyes!That God should be my strength!He says, "But that’s not a big enough job for my servant—just to recover the tribes of Jacob,merely to round up the strays of Israel.I’m setting you up as a light for the nationsso that my salvation becomes global!"

13Heavens, raise the roof! Earth, wake the dead!Mountains, send up cheers!God has comforted his people.He has tenderly nursed his beaten-up, beaten-down people.

7God’s angel sets up a circleof protection around us while we pray.

14Turn your back on sin; do something good.Embrace peace—don’t let it get away!

17Is anyone crying for help? God is listening,ready to rescue you.

21-25Oh, God, my Lord, step in;work a miracle for me—you can do it!Get me out of here—your love is so great!—I’m at the end of my rope, my life in ruins.I’m fading away to nothing, passing away,my youth gone, old before my time.I’m weak from hunger and can hardly stand up,my body a rack of skin and bones.I’m a joke in poor taste to those who see me;they take one look and shake their heads.

26-29Help me, oh help me, God, my God,save me through your wonderful love;Then they’ll know that your hand is in this,that you, God, have been at work.Let them curse all they want;you do the blessing.Let them be jeered by the crowd when they stand up,followed by cheers for me, your servant.Dress my accusers in clothes dirty with shame,discarded and humiliating old ragbag clothes.

30,31My mouth’s full of great praise for God,I’m singing his hallelujahs surrounded by crowds,For he’s always at hand to take the side of the needy,to rescue a life from the unjust judge.

2God made history with salvation,He showed the world what he could do.

3He remembered to love us, a bonusTo his dear family, Israel—indefatigable love.The whole earth comes to attention.Look—God’s work of salvation!

4Shout your praises to God, everybody!Let loose and sing! Strike up the band!

5-8Step down out of heaven, God;ignite volcanoes in the hearts of the mountains.Hurl your lightnings in every direction;shoot your arrows this way and that.Reach all the way from sky to sea:pull me out of the ocean of hate,out of the grip of those barbariansWho lie through their teeth,who shake your handthen knife you in the back.

11Rescue me from the enemy sword,release me from the grip of those barbariansWho lie through their teeth,who shake your handthen knife you in the back.

15How blessed the people who have all this!How blessed the people who have God for God!

1-3Harass these hecklers, God,punch these bullies in the nose.Grab a weapon, anything at hand;stand up for me!Get ready to throw the spear, aim the javelin,at the people who are out to get me.Reassure me; let me hear you say,"I’ll save you."

9,10But let me run loose and free,celebrating God’s great work,Every bone in my body laughing, singing, "God,there’s no one like you.You put the down-and-out on their feetand protect the unprotected from bullies!"

17,18God, how long are you goingto stand there doing nothing?Save me from their brutalities;everything I’ve got is being thrown to the lions.I will give you full creditwhen everyone gathers for worship;When the people turn out in forceI will say my Hallelujahs.

4Don’t they know anything,all these predators?Don’t they knowthey can’t get away with this,Treating people like a fast-food mealover which they’re too busy to pray?

5Night is coming for them, and nightmare—a nightmare they’ll never wake up from.God will make hash of these squatters,send them packing for good.

6Is there anyone around to save Israel?God turns life around.Turned-around Jacob skips rope,turned-around Israel sings laughter.

1I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King!and I’ll bless your name into eternity.

10,11Creation and creatures applaud you, God;your holy people bless you.They talk about the glories of your rule,they exclaim over your splendor,

18God’s there, listening for all who pray,for all who pray and mean it.

7Bravo, God, Bravo!Everyone join in the great shout: Encore!In awe before the beauty, in awe before the might.

8,9Bring gifts and celebrate,Bow before the beauty of God,Then to your knees—everyone worship!

11Let’s hear it from Sky,With Earth joining in,And a huge round of applause from Sea.

1,2Hallelujah!O my soul, praise God!All my life long I’ll praise God,singing songs to my God as long as I live.

3-9Don’t put your life in the hands of expertswho know nothing of life, of salvation life.Mere humans don’t have what it takes;when they die, their projects die with them.Instead, get help from the God of Jacob,put your hope in God and know real blessing!God made sky and soil,sea and all the fish in it.He always does what he says—he defends the wronged,he feeds the hungry.God frees prisoners—he gives sight to the blind,he lifts up the fallen.God loves good people, protects strangers,takes the side of orphans and widows,but makes short work of the wicked.

10God’s in charge—always.Zion’s God is God for good!Hallelujah!

1,2God, 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.

7,8My 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.

12Love to you, Lord God!You pay a fair wage for a good day’s work!

1-3Dignify those who are down on their luck;you’ll feel good—that’s what God does.God looks after us all,makes us robust with life—Lucky to be in the land,we’re free from enemy worries.Whenever we’re sick and in bed,God becomes our nurse,nurses us back to health.

10God, give grace, get me up on my feet.I’ll show them a thing or two.

13Blessed is God, Israel’s God,always, always, always.Yes. Yes. Yes.

3-6I’m thanking you, God, out in the streets,singing your praises in town and country.The deeper your love, the higher it goes;every cloud’s a flag to your faithfulness.Soar high in the skies, O God!Cover the whole earth with your glory!And for the sake of the one you love so much,reach down and help me—answer me!

10,11Who will take me to the thick of the fight?Who’ll show me the road to Edom?You aren’t giving up on us, are you, God?refusing to go out with our troops?

12,13Give us help for the hard task;human help is worthless.In God we’ll do our very best;he’ll flatten the opposition for good.

4,5Break in, God, and break up this fight;if you love me at all, get me out of here.I’m no good to you dead, am I?I can’t sing in your choir if I’m buried in some tomb!

8,9Get out of here, you Devil’s crew:at last God has heard my sobs.My requests have all been granted,my prayers are answered.

4-8You’re my King, O God—command victories for Jacob!With your help we’ll wipe out our enemies,in your name we’ll stomp them to dust.I don’t trust in weapons;my sword won’t save me—But it’s you, you who saved us from the enemy;you made those who hate us lose face.All day we parade God’s praise—we thank you by name over and over.

17-19All this came down on us,and we’ve done nothing to deserve it.We never betrayed your Covenant: our heartswere never false, our feet never left your path.Do we deserve torture in a den of jackals?or lockup in a black hole?

23-26Get up, God! Are you going to sleep all day?Wake up! Don’t you care what happens to us?Why do you bury your face in the pillow?Why pretend things are just fine with us?And here we are—flat on our faces in the dirt,held down with a boot on our necks.Get up and come to our rescue.If you love us so much, Help us!