Humbled
The tyrants’ song falls silent. ~ Isaiah 25:5b (CEB)
(Mary said,) “The Lord has used
his powerful arm
to scatter those
who are proud.
He drags strong rulers
from their thrones
and puts humble people
in places of power." ~ Luke 1:51–52 (CEV)
Lord, the bad people often make the most noise. They get the most attention. But you are just and kind. You eventually knock the proud to the ground and replace them with people who are humble. Sometimes I get discouraged waiting for that to happen. Sometimes in my anger over who still has power in this world, I start to get loud, too. I talk like a big know-it-all. I've got to stop doing that. Instead I'm going to sing a song about you and let you take care of making things right. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
