Find out for yourself that God is really good

¹I will always say, “God is good.”

Yes, I will keep on saying good things about God.

²I will tell people, “God has all the power.”

I want everybody that has a hard life to hear that and be happy.

³Come here everybody. I want us all to say, “God is great.”

Let’s come together and say, “God is really powerful.”

⁴You see, I prayed to God, and he listened to me.

He took away everything that frightened me.

⁵People that trust God are really happy.

They will never feel shame.

⁶I had a lot of trouble, but I prayed to God, and he listened to me.

He saved me from all my troubles.

⁷Some people know that God is powerful,

so they have strong respect for him.

God sends his special angel spirit to be with those people,

and that angel keeps those people safe from trouble.

⁸Find out for yourself that God is really good.[#1 Peter 2:3]

Look at all the things he does.

Whenever you get trouble, ask God to look after you.

He will do that, and he will make you really happy.

⁹You are God’s special people.

You know that he is powerful, so you have to really respect him.

If you really respect God,

he will give you everything that you need.

¹⁰Sometimes even strong young lions can’t find food and they go hungry,

but people that trust God, they have all the good things that they need.

¹¹Come here everyone, and listen to me.

I will teach you to respect God properly.

¹²Do you want to live well?[#1 Peter 3:10-12]

Do you want a long and happy life?

¹³If that’s what you want,

don’t say bad things about other people,

and don’t lie to them.

¹⁴Turn away from doing bad things, and do good things.

Don’t fight with people or make trouble.

Try very hard to live happily with other people.

¹⁵God looks after people that live the right way.

And if they ask him for help, he listens to them.

¹⁶But God punishes people that do bad things.

After they die, God doesn’t want anybody in the world to remember

So God will make everybody forget them.

¹⁷But some people live the right way,

and whenever they ask God for help, he listens to them.

He saves them from all their troubles.

¹⁸Some people are really sad and feel hurt inside.

God stays really close to those people.

And some people think nothing good will happen to them.

God helps those people too.

¹⁹If somebody lives the right way,

that person might still have a lot of troubles.

But God will save that person from all those troubles.

²⁰God will keep that person safe,[#John 19:36]

and nobody will break any of that person’s bones.

²¹But people that do bad things,

they will get trouble and die.

And if somebody hates people that live the right way,

God will punish that person.

²²But if people work hard for God,

he will keep them safe.

And if people trust God and if they ask him to look after them,

God will not punish them.