Today is day 37 in Our Walk Through Psalms Chapter 37 from The Message Bible. more of something to use for study as it is not the Bible but a Preachers interpretation of the Bible who was also a professor who taught Greek and Hebrew. It says things clearer but as I said is not the Bible. But I wanted to change it up a little since we are right at 1/4 way through Psalms. 1 Dont bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. 2 In no time theyll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun. 3 Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. 4 Keep company with God, get in on the best. 5 Open up before God, keep nothing back; hell do whatever needs to be done: 6 Hell validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon. 7 Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Dont bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. 8 Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes - it only makes things worse. 9 Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store. 10 Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; youll stare at his once famous place and - nothing! 11 Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza. 12 Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. 13 But God isnt losing any sleep; to him theyre a joke with no punch line. 14 Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. Theyre out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog. 15 A banana peel lands them flat on their faces - slapstick figures in a moral circus. 16 Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, 17 For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God-strong. 18 God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do wont soon be forgotten. 19 In hard times, theyll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, theyll be full. 20 God-despisers have had it; Gods enemies are finished - Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air. 21 Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. 22 Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. 23 Stalwart walks in step with God; his path blazed by God, hes happy. 24 If he stumbles, hes not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. 25 I once was young, now Im a graybeard - not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. 26 Every day hes out giving and lending, his children making him proud. 27 Turn your back on evil, work for the good and dont quit. 28 God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and youve got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. 29 The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. 30 Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. 31 His heart pumps Gods Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cats. 32 Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, hes out for the kill. 33 God, alert, is also on watch - Wicked wont hurt a hair of his head. 34 Wait passionately for God, dont leave the path. Hell give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it. 35 I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense. 36 The next time I looked there was nothing - a punctured bladder, vapid and limp. 37 Keep your eye on the healthy soul, scrutinize the straight life; Theres a future in strenuous wholeness. 38 But the willful will soon be discarded; insolent souls are on a dead-end street. 39 The spacious, free life is from God, its also protected and safe. 40 God-strengthened, were delivered from evil - when we run to him, he saves us.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:20:24 +0000
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