Bible in 90 Days Plan

¹“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?

²Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?

³They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.

⁴Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.

⁵“Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?

⁶I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.

⁷It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.

⁸It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.

⁹“Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?

¹⁰Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?

¹¹Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?

¹²Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?

¹³“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.

¹⁴She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,

¹⁵unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.

¹⁶She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,

¹⁷for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.

¹⁸Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.

¹⁹“Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?

²⁰Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?

²¹It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.

²²It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.

²³The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.

²⁴In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.

²⁵At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.

²⁶“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?

²⁷Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?

²⁸It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.

²⁹From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.

³⁰Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”

¹The LORD said to Job:

²“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”

³Then Job answered the LORD:

⁴“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

⁵I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”

⁶Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

⁷“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

⁸“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

⁹Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?

¹⁰Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

¹¹Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

¹²look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.

¹³Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.

¹⁴Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

¹⁵“Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.

¹⁶What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!

¹⁷Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

¹⁸Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.

¹⁹It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

²⁰The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.

²¹Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

²²The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.

²³A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

²⁴Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?

¹“Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?

²Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?

³Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words?

⁴Will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life?

⁵Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?

⁶Will traders barter for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?

⁷Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

⁸If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!

⁹Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.

¹⁰No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?

¹¹Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.

¹²“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form.

¹³Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor?

¹⁴Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?

¹⁵Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;

¹⁶each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.

¹⁷They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.

¹⁸Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.

¹⁹Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.

²⁰Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

²¹Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.

²²Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it.

²³The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

²⁴Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.

²⁵When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing.

²⁶The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.

²⁷Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.

²⁸Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it.

²⁹A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

³⁰Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

³¹It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

³²It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.

³³Nothing on earth is its equal— a creature without fear.

³⁴It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud.”

¹Then Job replied to the LORD:

²“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

³You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

⁴“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’

⁵My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

⁶Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”

⁷After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

⁸So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”

⁹So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

¹⁰After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

¹¹All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

¹²The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

¹³And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

¹⁴The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.

¹⁵Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

¹⁶After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

¹⁷And so Job died, an old man and full of years.

¹Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

²but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.

³That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.

⁴Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

¹Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?

²The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,

³“Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.”

⁴The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

⁵He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,

⁶“I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

⁷I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.

⁸Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

⁹You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”

¹⁰Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.

¹¹Serve the LORD with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling.

¹²Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

¹A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!

²Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”

³But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

⁴I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.

⁵I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

⁶I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.

⁷Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.

¹For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David. Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

²How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods

³Know that the LORD has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.

⁴Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.

⁵Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

⁶Many, LORD, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?” Let the light of your face shine on us.

⁷Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound.

⁸In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.

¹For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David. Listen to my words, LORD, consider my lament.

²Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.

³In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

⁴For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome.

⁵The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong;

⁶you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, LORD, detest.

⁷But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.

⁸Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies— make your way straight before me.

⁹Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies.

¹⁰Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.

¹¹But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

¹²Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

¹For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

²Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.

³My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?

⁴Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

⁵Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?

⁶I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

⁷My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

⁸Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

⁹The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

¹⁰All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

¹A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

²or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

³LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—

⁴if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—

⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.

⁶Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.

⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.

⁸Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.

⁹Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.

¹⁰My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.

¹²If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.

¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

¹For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David. LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.

²Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

³When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

⁵You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.

⁶You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:

⁷all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,

⁸the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

¹For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David. I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

²I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

³My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

⁴For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

⁵You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

⁷The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

⁸He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

⁹The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

¹⁰Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

¹²For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

¹³LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

¹⁶The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

¹⁹Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.

²⁰Strike them with terror, LORD; let the nations know they are only mortal.