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Psalm 14 - The Message (MSG)

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14 Bilious and bloated, they gas,
“God is gone.”
Their words are poison gas,
fouling the air; they poison
Rivers and skies;
thistles are their cash crop.

2 God sticks his head out of heaven.
He looks around.
He’s looking for someone not stupid—
one man, even, God-expectant,
just one God-ready woman.

3 He comes up empty. A string
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
follow their fellow.

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

5-6 Night is coming for them, and nightmares,
for God takes the side of victims.
Do you think you can mess
with the dreams of the poor?
You can’t, for God
makes their dreams come true.

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

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Psalm 14 - World English Bible (WEB)

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Psalm 14 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

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Psalm 14 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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Psalm 14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Psalm 14 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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Psalm 14 - New Life Version (NLV)

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Psalm 14 - New King James Version (NKJV)

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Psalm 14 - New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

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Psalm 14 - New International Version (NIV)

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Psalm 14 - New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

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Psalm 14 - New English Translation (NET)

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