Bible in 90 Days Plan

¹For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. [1] Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who inhabit the world,

²both low and high, rich and poor together.

³My mouth speaks wisdom; my heart’s meditation brings understanding.

⁴I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.

⁵Why should I fear in times of trouble? The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.

⁶They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches.

⁷Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God  —

⁸since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying  —

⁹so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.

¹⁰For one can see that the wise die; the foolish and stupid also pass away. Then they leave their wealth to others.

¹¹Their graves are their permanent homes, their dwellings from generation to generation, though they have named estates after themselves.

¹²But despite his assets, mankind will not last; he is like the animals that perish.

¹³This is the way of those who are arrogant, and of their followers, who approve of their words. Selah

¹⁴Like sheep they are headed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will waste away in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

¹⁵But God will redeem me from the power of Sheol, for he will take me. Selah

¹⁶Do not be afraid when a person gets rich, when the wealth of his house increases.

¹⁷For when he dies, he will take nothing at all; his wealth will not follow him down.

¹⁸Though he blesses himself during his lifetime — and you are acclaimed when you do well for yourself  —

¹⁹he will go to the generation of his fathers; they will never see the light.

²⁰Mankind, with his assets but without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

¹A psalm of Asaph. [1] The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks; he summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

²From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.

³Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him.

⁴On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:

⁵“Gather my faithful ones to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

⁶The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God is the Judge. Selah

⁷“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

⁸I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before me.

⁹I will not take a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,

¹⁰for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

¹¹I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.

¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is mine.

¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.

¹⁵Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”

¹⁶But God says to the wicked: “What right do you have to recite my statutes and to take my covenant on your lips?

¹⁷You hate instruction and fling my words behind you.

¹⁸When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.

¹⁹You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.

²⁰You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son.

²¹You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.

²²“Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.

²³Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God.”

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba. [1] Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.

²Completely wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.

³For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me.

⁴Against you — you alone — I have sinned and done this evil in your sight. So you are right when you pass sentence; you are blameless when you judge.

⁵Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

⁶Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within.

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

⁸Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

⁹Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt.

¹⁰God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

¹¹Do not banish me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit.

¹³Then I will teach the rebellious your ways, and sinners will return to you.

¹⁴Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God — God of my salvation — and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

¹⁵Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

¹⁶You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; you are not pleased with a burnt offering.

¹⁷The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.

¹⁸In your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

¹For the choir director. A of David. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.” [1] Why boast about evil, you hero! God’s faithful love is constant.

²Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.

³You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah

⁴You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!

⁵This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

⁶The righteous will see and fear, and they will derisively say about that hero,

⁷“Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

⁸But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

⁹I will praise you forever for what you have done. In the presence of your faithful people, I will put my hope in your name, for it is good.

¹For the choir director: on . A of David. [1] The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.” They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good.

²God looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God.

³All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.

⁴Will evildoers never understand? They consume my people as they consume bread; they do not call on God.

⁵Then they will be filled with dread — dread like no other  — because God will scatter the bones of those who besiege you. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

⁶Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

¹For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A of David. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?” [1] God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might!

²God, hear my prayer; listen to the words from my mouth.

³For strangers rise up against me, and violent men intend to kill me. They do not let God guide them. Selah

⁴God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my life.

⁵He will repay my adversaries for their evil. Because of your faithfulness, annihilate them.

⁶I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you. I will praise your name, LORD, because it is good.

⁷For he has rescued me from every trouble, and my eye has looked down on my enemies.

¹For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A of David. [1] God, listen to my prayer and do not hide from my plea for help.

²Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,

³because of the enemy’s words, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger.

⁴My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.

⁵Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me.

⁶I said, “If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

⁷How far away I would flee; I would stay in the wilderness. Selah

⁸I would hurry to my shelter from the raging wind and the storm.”

⁹Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;

¹⁰day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it;

¹¹destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

¹²Now it is not an enemy who insults me — otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me — otherwise I could hide from him.

¹³But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend!

¹⁴We used to have close fellowship; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

¹⁵Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.

¹⁶But I call to God, and the LORD will save me.

¹⁷I complain and groan morning, noon, and night, and he hears my voice.

¹⁸Though many are against me, he will redeem me from my battle unharmed.

¹⁹God, the one enthroned from long ago, will hear and will humiliate them Selah because they do not change and do not fear God.

²⁰My friend acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant.

²¹His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords.

²²Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

²³God, you will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

¹For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A of David. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. [1] Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me; he fights and oppresses me all day long.

²My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.

³When I am afraid, I will trust in you.

⁴In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

⁵They twist my words all day long; all their thoughts against me are evil.

⁶They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

⁷Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath.

⁸You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

⁹Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This I know: God is for me.

¹⁰In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

¹¹in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere humans do to me?

¹²I am obligated by vows to you, God; I will make my thank offerings to you.

¹³For you rescued me from death, even my feet from stumbling, to walk before God in the light of life.

¹For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A of David. When he fled before Saul into the cave. [1] Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me, for I take refuge in you. I will seek refuge in the shadow of your wings until danger passes.

²I call to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

³He reaches down from heaven and saves me, challenging the one who tramples me. Selah God sends his faithful love and truth.

⁴I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among devouring lions — people whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

⁵God, be exalted above the heavens; let your glory be over the whole earth.

⁶They prepared a net for my steps; I was despondent. They dug a pit ahead of me, but they fell into it! Selah

⁷My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident. I will sing; I will sing praises.

⁸Wake up, my soul! Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

⁹I will praise you, Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

¹⁰For your faithful love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

¹¹God, be exalted above the heavens; let your glory be over the whole earth.

¹For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A of David. [1] Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly?

²No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

³The wicked go astray from the womb; liars wander about from birth.

⁴They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

⁵that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.

⁶God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; LORD, tear out the young lions’ fangs.

⁷May they vanish like water that flows by; may they aim their blunted arrows.

⁸Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman’s miscarried child, may they not see the sun.

⁹Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns — whether green or burning — he will sweep them away.

¹⁰The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹¹Then people will say, “Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!”

¹For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A of David. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him. [1] Rescue me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

²Rescue me from those who practice sin, and save me from men of bloodshed.

³Because look, LORD, they set an ambush for me. Powerful men attack me, but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

⁴For no fault of mine, they run and take up a position. Awake to help me, and take notice.

⁵LORD God of Armies, you are the God of Israel. Rise up to punish all the nations; do not show favor to any wicked traitors. Selah

⁶They return at evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

⁷Look, they spew from their mouths — sharp words from their lips. “For who,” they say, “will hear?”

⁸But you laugh at them, LORD; you ridicule all the nations.

⁹I will keep watch for you, my strength, because God is my stronghold.

¹⁰My faithful God will come to meet me; God will let me look down on my adversaries.

¹¹Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.

¹²For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. They utter curses and lies.

¹³Consume them in rage; consume them until they are gone. Then people will know throughout the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

¹⁴And they return at evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

¹⁵They scavenge for food; they growl if they are not satisfied.

¹⁶But I will sing of your strength and will joyfully proclaim your faithful love in the morning. For you have been a stronghold for me, a refuge in my day of trouble.

¹⁷To you, my strength, I sing praises, because God is my stronghold — my faithful God.

¹For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A of David for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in Salt Valley, killing twelve thousand. [1] God, you have rejected us; you have broken us down; you have been angry. Restore us!

²You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

³You have made your people suffer hardship; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.

⁴You have given a signal flag to those who fear you, so that they can flee before the archers. Selah

⁵Save with your right hand, and answer me, so that those you love may be rescued.

⁶God has spoken in his sanctuary: “I will celebrate! I will divide up Shechem. I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

⁷Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.

⁸Moab is my washbasin. I throw my sandal on Edom; I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰God, haven’t you rejected us? God, you do not march out with our armies.

¹¹Give us aid against the foe, for human help is worthless.

¹²With God we will perform valiantly; he will trample our foes.

¹For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Of David. [1] God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

²I call to you from the ends of the earth when my heart is without strength. Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

³for you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower in the face of the enemy.

⁴I will dwell in your tent forever and take refuge under the shelter of your wings. Selah

⁵God, you have heard my vows; you have given a heritage to those who fear your name.

⁶Add days to the king’s life; may his years span many generations.

⁷May he sit enthroned before God forever. Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.

⁸Then I will continually sing of your name, fulfilling my vows day by day.