That’s the point. I use “The Message” version of the Bible mostly because it’s so readable. Some have been curious, so I’m including some of it today without editorial comment.
Yes, I went there. “Without editorial comment.”
A DAVID PSALM – 62
“God, 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.
“How long will you gang up on me? How long will you run with the bullies? There’s nothing to you, any of you —– rotten floorboards, worm-eaten rafters, anthills plotting to bring down mountains, far gone in make-believe. You talk a good line, but every “blessing” breathes a curse.
“God, 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.
“My 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.
“Man as such is smoke, woman as such, a mirage. Put them together, they’re nothing; two times nothing is nothing.
“And a windfall, if it comes —– don’t make too much of it.
“God said this once and for all; how many times have I heard it repeated? “Strength comes straight from God.”
“Love to you, Lord God! You pay a fair wage for a good day’s work!”
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THE MESSAGE REMIX: The Bible In Contemporary Language Copyright © 2003 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved. Scripture taken from THE MESSAGE. Copyright ©1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.