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Psalm 18:18-24
The Message
Psalm 18:18-24
The Message
16-19 But me he caught—reached all the way
from sky to sea; he pulled me out
Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos,
the void in which I was drowning.
They hit me when I was down,
but God stuck by me.
He stood me up on a wide-open field;
I stood there saved—surprised to be loved!
20-24 God made my life complete
when I placed all the pieces before him.
When I got my act together,
he gave me a fresh start.
Now I’m alert to God’s ways;
I don’t take God for granted.
Every day I review the ways he works;
I try not to miss a trick.
I feel put back together,
and I’m watching my step.
God rewrote the text of my life
when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.
Psalm 18:18-24
New International Version
Psalm 18:18-24
New International Version
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,(A)
but the Lord was my support.(B)
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;(C)
he rescued me because he delighted in me.(D)
20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;(E)
according to the cleanness of my hands(F) he has rewarded me.(G)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;(H)
I am not guilty of turning(I) from my God.
22 All his laws are before me;(J)
I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless(K) before him
and have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,(L)
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Psalm 18:18-24
King James Version
Psalm 18:18-24
King James Version
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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Psalm 18:18-24
The Message
Psalm 18:18-24
The Message
16-19 But me he caught—reached all the way
from sky to sea; he pulled me out
Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos,
the void in which I was drowning.
They hit me when I was down,
but God stuck by me.
He stood me up on a wide-open field;
I stood there saved—surprised to be loved!
20-24 God made my life complete
when I placed all the pieces before him.
When I got my act together,
he gave me a fresh start.
Now I’m alert to God’s ways;
I don’t take God for granted.
Every day I review the ways he works;
I try not to miss a trick.
I feel put back together,
and I’m watching my step.
God rewrote the text of my life
when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.
Psalm 18:18-20
New International Version
Psalm 18:18-20
New International Version
Psalm 18:18-20
King James Version
Psalm 18:18-20
King James Version
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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