The Message

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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">you get a fresh start,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">your slate&#8217;s wiped clean.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Count yourself lucky&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> holds nothing against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">and you&#8217;re holding nothing back from him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I kept it all inside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">my bones turned to powder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">my words became daylong groans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The pressure never let up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">all the juices of my life dried up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I let it all out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll come clean about my failures to </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">Suddenly the pressure was gone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">my guilt dissolved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">my sin disappeared.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">These things add up. Every one of us needs to pray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">we&#8217;ll be on high ground, untouched.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s my island hideaway,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">keeps danger far from the shore,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">throws garlands of hosannas around my neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let me give you some good advice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">I&#8217;m looking you in the eye</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">and giving it to you straight:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be ornery like a horse or mule</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">that needs bit and bridle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">to stay on track.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">God-defiers are always in trouble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">-affirmers find themselves loved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">every time they turn around.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Celebrate </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">Sing together&#8212;everyone!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">All you honest hearts, raise the roof!</span></span></div>
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Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be—
you get a fresh start,
your slate’s wiped clean.

Count yourself lucky—
GOD holds nothing against you
and you’re holding nothing back from him.

When I kept it all inside,
my bones turned to powder,
my words became daylong groans.

The pressure never let up;
all the juices of my life dried up.

Then I let it all out;
I said, “I’ll come clean about my failures to GOD.”

Suddenly the pressure was gone—
my guilt dissolved,
my sin disappeared.

These things add up. Every one of us needs to pray;
when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts
we’ll be on high ground, untouched.

GOD’s my island hideaway,
keeps danger far from the shore,
throws garlands of hosannas around my neck.

Let me give you some good advice;
I’m looking you in the eye
and giving it to you straight:

“Don’t be ornery like a horse or mule
that needs bit and bridle
to stay on track.”

God-defiers are always in trouble;
GOD-affirmers find themselves loved
every time they turn around.

Celebrate GOD.
Sing together—everyone!
All you honest hearts, raise the roof!

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