The Message In Psalms: Not So Dynamic

Yes, here I will itemize some examples from the Psalter in which The Message moves over somewhat to the left of the ledger ( in this sense the word "left" means more formally-equivalent ).Now don't get the impression that the following will match-up with the NASBU ! However these examples do match-up with the NLTse.

12:6 : God's words are pure words,
Pure silver words refined seven times
In the fires of his word-kiln

16:1 : Keep me safe, O God,
I've run for dear life to you.

17:12 : Lions ready to rip me apart,
young lions poised to pounce.

22:10 : When I left the womb you cradled me;
since the moment of birth you've been my God.

22:14b : My heart is a blob
of melted wax in my gut.

23:2a : You have bedded me down in lush meadows

32:9 : Don't be onery like a horse or mule
that needs bit and bridle
to stay on track.

34:4b : he freed me from all my anxious fears.

35:25a : Don't let them say to themselves,
"Ha-ha,we've got what we wanted."

36:4a : Every time he goes to bed ,
he fathers another evil plot.

44:11a : You delivered us as sheep to the butcher

44:12 : You sold your people at a discount --
you made nothing on the sale.

 

50:12 : If I get hungry, do you think I'd tell you ? All creation and its bounty are mine.

52:3a : You love evil more than good

56:8c : Each tear entered in your ledger

56:11b : what can mere mortals do to me ?

57:5b : Cover the whole earth with your glory !

57:11b : Cover the whole earth with your glory !

59:1a : My God! Rescue me from my enemies

66:16b : let me tell you what God did for me.

68:5 : Father of orphans,
champion of widows,
is God in his holy house.

68:27a : Look -- little Benjamin's out
front and leading

68:32b : Sing praises to the Lord !

69:6a : Don't let those who look to you in hope
Be discouraged by what happens to me

71:11 : The gossip is:"God has abandoned him.
Pounce on him now; no one will help him."

74:8 : They said to themselves,"We'll wipe them all out,"
and burned down all the places of worship.

76:7b : Who can stand up to your rising anger ?

77:13 : Of God! Your way is holy!
No God is great like God!

 

Psalm 78

4b: we're passing it along to the next generation

5d : to teach it to their children

6a&b : So the next generation would know ,
and all the generations to come --

11: They forgot what he had done--
marvels he'd done right before their eyes.

13: He split the Sea and they walked right through it;
he piled the waters to the right and the left.

14 : He led them by day with a cloud,
led them all the night long with a fiery torch.

16 : He made creeks flow out from sheer rock,
and water poured out like a river.

17 : All they did was sin even more ,
rebel in the desert against the High God.

21 : When Yahweh heard that , he was furious --
his anger flared against Jacob,
he lost his temper with Israel.

24 : He rained down showers of manna to eat,
he gave them the Bread of Heaven.

28 : He aimed them right for the center of their camp ;
all around their tents there were birds.

29 : They ate and had their fill;
he handed them everything they craved on a platter.

31c : he laid low Israel's finest young men.

32: And -- can you believe it? -- they kept right on sinning;
all those wonders and they still wouldn't believe!

35 : They gave witness that God was their rock,
that High God was their redeemer

38b : Over and over he reined in his anger,
restrained his considerable wrath.

44: He turned the River and its streams to blood--
not a drop of water fit to drink.

46a : He turned their harvest over to caterpillars

52 : Then he led his people out like sheep ,
took his flock safely through the wilderness.
53a : He took good care of them; they had nothing to fear.

64a : Their priests were massacred

68 : And chose the Tribe of Judah instead,
Mount Zion , which he loves so much.

69b : solid and lasting as the earth itself.

71 : One day he was caring for the ewes and their lambs,
the next day God had him shepherding Jacob,
his people Israel, his prize possession.