20-24. God made my life completewhen I placed all the pieces before him.When I got my act together,he gave me a fresh start.Now I’m alert to God’s ways;I don’t take God for granted.Every day I review the ways he works;I try not to miss a trick.I feel put back together,and I’m watching my step.God rewrote the text of my lifewhen I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.
25-27. The good people taste your goodness,The whole people taste your health,The true people taste your truth,The bad ones can’t figure you out.You take the side of the down-and-out,But the stuck-up you take down a peg.
28-29. Suddenly, God, you floodlight my life;I’m blazing with glory, God’s glory!I smash the bands of marauders,I vault the highest fences.
30. What a God! His roadstretches straight and smooth.Every God-direction is road-tested.Everyone who runs toward himMakes it.
31-42. Is there any god like God?Are we not at bedrock?Is not this the God who armed me,then aimed me in the right direction?Now I run like a deer;I’m king of the mountain.He shows me how to fight;I can bend a bronze bow!You protect me with salvation-armor;you hold me up with a firm hand,caress me with your gentle ways.You cleared the ground under meso my footing was firm.When I chased my enemies I caught them;I didn’t let go till they were dead men.I nailed them; they were down for good;then I walked all over them.You armed me well for this fight,you smashed the upstarts.You made my enemies turn tail,and I wiped out the haters.They cried “uncle”but Uncle didn’t come;They yelled for Godand got no for an answer.I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind.I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter.