I've Got Everything Under Control

I’ve Got Everything Under Control

1 I’ve got everything under control; no worries. I can take care of myself!

2 Everyone, listen to me! Look to me for help! I’ve got it all under control; I’ll tell you what needs to be done.

3 Nothing can move me; I’ve got my life all planned out and ready to go!

4 No one can surprise me with their tricks; I’ve always got an escape plan.

5 I’ve got everything under control. I’m a self-made man and I can do it myself!

6 Religion is for wimps; You’ve got to help yourself!

7 Victory over others is key; don’t worry about the emotions!

8 I’ve gotten myself out of a lot of messes before; I stand on my own two feet!

9 Look at me! I’m victorious. Tired and worn out, but I’ve won again!

10 I’ve left a wake of pain behind me. It’s not been a pleasant life. And I’m getting old and worn out.

11 I don’t have many friends. My neighbors hide if they see me coming. Most people hate me.

12 Most people have forgotten me. Some wish I were dead.

13 I am sure that they are plotting a scheme to take over.

14 But no worries! I’ve beat them at this game before, I’ll do it again!

15 I’ve got my strategy all figured out. They won’t outsmart me!

16 I’ll be happy when I’ve won again!

17 They won’t be able to embarrass me, because I’m the best! Everyone will forget about the other guys, but they won’t forget me!

18 If I have to lie to get my way, that’s okay. And if the good people suffer, that’s alright, too.

19 I’ve worked hard to get to where I am and I’m not going to let anyone get me down.

20 I can protect myself! I don’t need help from anyone else. Let them say what they want! I will overcome!

21 I can remember the victories of the past, reminding myself of how great I am.

22 Even if everyone else forgets me, I’ll still remember myself, my conquests and my victories.

23 Everyone should love me! I’ll help those who help me and crush those who hate me.

24 Come join my side! We are bound to win, because I’ve got everything under control.

Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit (Psalm 31)

1 In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!

2 Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me! 

3 For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me; 

4 you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge. 

5 Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God. 

6 I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. 

7 I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul, 

8 and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place. 

9 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. 

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. 

11Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me. 

12 I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel. 

13 For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life. 

14 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God." 

15 My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! 

  

16 Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love! 

17 O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol. 

18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. 

19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind! 

20 In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues. 

21 Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city. 

22 I had said in my alarm, "I am cut off from your sight." But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help. 

23 Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride. 

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!