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If people trust God, he makes them happy
This is one of David’s songs for God. The music leader can use it in God’s ceremony house.
1-2 I had really bad trouble.
It’s like I was in a deep hole that people die in.
It’s like I was stuck in a bad place,
like my legs were stuck in sticky mud.
But I trusted God,
and I waited for him to help me.
I cried out to him,
and he listened to me.
God helped me.
He saved me from that trouble.
It’s like he lifted me out of that mud,
and put my feet on good hard ground.
God kept me safe.
It’s like he gave me a safe path to walk on.
3 Then God gave me a new song to sing to him.
That song says that God is great.
Lots of people will hear about everything that God did,
and they will know that he has all the power.
Then they will only trust him.
4 If people trust God properly,
God makes those people happy.
Whenever they have trouble, they trust God to help them.
They don’t go to people that think they are great, or people that tell lies.
5 God, my God, you have done lots of powerful things for us.
And you have lots and lots of good plans for us.
Nobody is like you.
You do so many great things that I can’t say them all.
If I try to say them all,
I’ll talk for ever and never stop talking.
6 Some people kill animals to pay you for the bad things they did.
And they give you animals and food as gifts.
But that does not really make you happy.
You don’t need people to burn animals for you.
You don’t need people to give you gifts.
You taught me all of this.*
7 So I said to you, “Here I am. I came.”
Your book tells me the things that I should do.
8 God, it makes me really happy to do everything that you want.
I always think about your laws and obey them.
9 Whenever your people come together to respect you,
I tell them, “God helps his people.”
I always talk like that, I don’t keep my mouth shut.
You know that’s true, God.
10 I know that you always do what is right.
I don’t keep it a secret inside of me.
I tell everyone, “We can trust God. He saves us.”
I don’t hide the true story from your people.
I tell them, “God always loves us. We can always trust him.”
11 Whenever I have troubles, God,
you feel sorry for me, and you are good to me.
You always love me, and I can always trust you.
You keep me safe.
12 And I have lots of troubles now.
It feels like there are troubles all around me,
lots of troubles, so I can’t count them all.
It’s like all the bad things I did are here with me,
and I don’t know the right thing to do.
I did lots of bad things,
more bad things than the number of hairs on my head,
so now I feel weak inside.
13 God, please save me from all this trouble.
God, please come quickly, and help me.
14 Some people want to kill me.
God, please make them feel shame and make them confused.
Those people are happy whenever I get hurt.
God, please make them run away and be sad.
15 Those people make fun of me, and they laugh at me.
God, please make them shamed, so that they feel really sad.
16 But there are some people that always come to you God.
Please make those people really happy.
They say, “God, thank you for saving us.”
And I pray that they always say, “God is great.”
17 But what about me?
I have lots of trouble and I need help,
so I want God to think about me.
God, you are the one that helps me and saves me.
God, my God, please come and help me now and don’t wait.
* 40:6 Hebrews 10:5-7