Bible in 90 Days Plan

¹To the Chief Musician; to Jeduthun [Ethan, the noted musician, founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; From Him comes my salvation.

²He alone is my rock and my salvation, My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.

³How long will you attack a man So that you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

⁴They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him]; They delight in lies. They bless with [the words of] their mouths, But inwardly they curse. Selah.

⁵For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him, For my hope is from Him.

⁶He only is my rock and my salvation; My fortress and my defense, I will not be shaken or discouraged.

⁷On God my salvation and my glory rest; He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.

⁸Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

⁹Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion). In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value]; They are together lighter than a breath.

¹⁰Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

¹¹God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.

¹²Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion, For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work.

¹A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You; My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

²So I have gazed upon You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

³Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

⁴So will I bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

⁵My soul [my life, my very self] is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises [to You] with joyful lips.

⁶When I remember You on my bed, I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,

⁷For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.

⁸My soul [my life, my very self] clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

⁹But those who seek my life to destroy it Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

¹⁰They will be given over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes.

¹¹But the king will rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory, For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Guard my life from the terror of the enemy.

²Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly, From the scheming of those who do wrong,

³Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aim venomous words as arrows,

⁴To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one]; Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

⁵They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who will discover us?"

⁶They devise acts of injustice, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plan." For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep (mysterious, unsearchable).

⁷But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.

⁸So they will be caused to stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].

⁹Then all men will fear [God's judgment]; They will declare the work of God, And they will consider and wisely acknowledge what He has done.

¹⁰The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; All the upright in heart will glory and offer praise.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song. To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God; And to You the vow shall be performed.

²O You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.

³Wickedness and guilt prevail against me; Yet as for our transgressions, You forgive them [removing them from Your sight].

⁴Blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near To dwell in Your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

⁵By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

⁶Who creates the mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power,

⁷Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples,

⁸So they who dwell at the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs [the evidence of Your presence]. You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water]; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.

¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly, You smooth its ridges; You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.

¹¹You crown the year with Your bounty, And Your paths overflow.

¹²The pastures of the wilderness drip [with dew], And the hills are encircled with joy.

¹³The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy and they sing.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Song. A Psalm. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

²Sing of the honor and glory and magnificence of His name; Make His praise glorious.

³Say to God, "How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.

⁴"All the earth will [bow down to] worship You [in submissive wonder], And will sing praises to You; They will praise Your name in song." Selah.

⁵Come and see the works of God, He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land; They crossed through the river on foot; There we rejoiced in Him.

⁷Who rules by His might forever, His eyes keep watch on the nations; Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

⁸Bless our God, O peoples, And make the sound of His praise be heard abroad,

⁹Who keeps us among the living, And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.

¹⁰For You have tested us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined.

¹¹You brought us into the net; You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on us.

¹²You made men (charioteers) ride over our heads [in defeat]; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed].

¹³I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows,

¹⁴Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke as a promise when I was in distress.

¹⁵I shall offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs, With the [sweet] smoke of rams; I will offer bulls with male goats. Selah.

¹⁶Come and hear, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], And I will tell what He has done for me.

¹⁷I cried aloud to Him; He was highly praised with my tongue.

¹⁸If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it], The Lord will not hear [me];

¹⁹But certainly God has heard [me]; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.

¹To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. God be gracious and kind-hearted to us and bless us, And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.

²That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation and deliverance among all nations.

³Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.

⁴Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, For You will judge the people fairly And guide the nations on earth. Selah.

⁵Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.

⁶The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval]; God, our God, blesses us.

⁷God blesses us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song. Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered; Let those who hate Him flee before Him.

²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.

³But let the righteous be glad; let them be in good spirits before God, Yes, let them rejoice with delight.

⁴Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert— His name is the LORD—be in good spirits before Him.

⁵A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

⁶God makes a home for the lonely; He leads the prisoners into prosperity, Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷O God, when You went out before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.

⁸The earth trembled; The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹You, O God, sent abroad plentiful rain; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched and weary.

¹⁰Your flock found a dwelling place in it; O God, in Your goodness You provided for the poor.

¹¹The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan]; The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);

¹²"The kings of the [enemies'] armies flee, they flee, And the beautiful woman who remains at home divides the spoil [left behind]."

¹³When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds, You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver, Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered [the Canaanite] kings in the land of Canaan, It was snowing on Zalmon.

¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A [high] mountain of many summits is Mount Bashan [rising east of the Jordan].

¹⁶Why do you look with envy, mountains with many peaks, At the mountain [of the city of Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.

¹⁷The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.

¹⁸You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden day by day, The God who is our salvation! Selah.

²⁰God is to us a God of acts of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death [setting us free].

²¹Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of one who goes on in his guilty ways.

²²The Lord said, "I will bring your enemies back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

²³That your foot may crush them in blood, That the tongue of your dogs may have its share from your enemies."

²⁴They have seen Your [solemn] procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].

²⁵The singers go in front, the players of instruments last; Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.

²⁶Bless God in the congregations, [give thanks, gratefully praise Him], The LORD, you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel.

²⁷The youngest is there, Benjamin, ruling them, The princes of Judah and their company [the southern tribes], The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali [the northern tribes].

²⁸Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation]; Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf.

²⁹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem [Pagan] kings will bring gifts to You [out of respect].

³⁰Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt], The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

³¹Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.

³²Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.

³³To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.

³⁴Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel And His strength is in the skies.

³⁵O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary; The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

¹To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] "Lilies." A Psalm of David. Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].

²I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

³I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully; I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

⁵O God, You know my folly; My wrongs are not hidden from You.

⁶Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

⁷Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

⁸I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons.

⁹For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, It became my reproach.

¹¹When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning], I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.

¹²They who sit in the [city's] gate talk about me and mock me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable and opportune time; O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

¹⁴Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

¹⁵Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me, Nor the deep waters swallow me up, Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

¹⁷Do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

¹⁸Draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].

¹⁹You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted]; My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known].

²⁰Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.

²¹They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them]; And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.

²³May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness].

²⁴Pour out Your indignation on them, And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵May their encampment be desolate; May no one dwell in their tents.

²⁶For they have persecuted him whom You have struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

²⁷Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book], And may they not come into Your righteousness.

²⁸May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end] And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

²⁹But I am sorrowful and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

³¹And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

³²The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

³³For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, That His servants may remain there and possess it.

³⁶The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O God, come quickly to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me!

²Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and humiliated Who delight in my hurt.

³Let them be turned back because of their shame and disgrace Who say, "Aha, aha!"

⁴May all those who seek You [as life's first priority] rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified!"

⁵But I am afflicted and needy; Come quickly to me, O God! You are my help and my rescuer; O LORD, do not delay.

¹In you, O LORD, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame.

²In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

³Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.

⁴Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless), From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

⁵For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

⁶Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother's womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You.

⁷I am as a wonder to many, For You are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long.

⁹Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

¹⁰For my enemies have spoken against me; Those who watch for my life have consulted together,

¹¹Saying, "God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him."

¹²O God, do not be far from me; O my God, come quickly to help me!

¹³Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

¹⁴But as for me, I will wait and hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long, For their number is more than I know.

¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD [and in His strength]; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.

¹⁸And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the [height of the] heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]?

²⁰You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive and renew me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

²¹May You increase my greatness (honor) And turn to comfort me.

²²I will also praise You with the harp, Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You, And my soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.

¹A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king [knowledge of] Your judgments, O God, And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king's son [to guide all his ways].

²May he judge Your people with righteousness, And Your afflicted with justice.

³The mountains will bring peace and prosperity to the people, And the hills, in [the establishment of] righteousness.

⁴May he bring justice to the poor among the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor,

⁵Let them fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and worship You with obedience] while the sun endures, And as long as the moon [reflects light], throughout all generations.

⁶May he come down like rain on the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.

⁷In his days may the righteous flourish, And peace abound until the moon is no more.

⁸May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

⁹The nomads of the desert will bow before him, And his enemies will lick the dust.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring offerings; The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

¹¹Yes, all kings will bow down before him, All nations will serve him.

¹²For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And he will save the lives of the needy.

¹⁴He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence, And their blood will be precious in His sight.

¹⁵So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And let them pray for him continually; Let them bless and praise him all day long.

¹⁶There will be an abundance of grain in the soil on the top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon, And those of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁷May his name endure forever; May his name continue as long as the sun; And let men bless themselves by him; Let all nations call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wonderful things.

¹⁹Blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.

²⁰The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended.

¹A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart.

²But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.

³For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴For there are no pains in their death, Their body is fat and pampered.

⁵They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind.

⁶Therefore pride is their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].

⁷Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires]; The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].

⁸They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak loftily [with malice].

⁹They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue swaggers through the earth.

¹⁰Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.

¹¹They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?"

¹²Behold, these are the ungodly, Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.

¹³Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart And washed my hands in innocence.

¹⁴For all the day long have I been stricken, And punished every morning.

¹⁵If I had said, "I will say this," [and expressed my feelings], I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

¹⁶When I considered how to understand this, It was too great an effort for me and too painful

¹⁷Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood [for I considered] their end.

¹⁸Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

¹⁹How they are destroyed in a moment! They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!

²⁰Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

²¹When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],

²²Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

²³Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.

²⁴You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to honor and glory.

²⁵Whom have I in heaven [but You]? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

²⁶My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.

²⁷For behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.

²⁸But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him, That I may tell of all Your works.

¹A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

²Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

³Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

⁴In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].

⁵It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].

⁶And now all the carved work [of the meeting place] They smash with hatchets and hammers.

⁷They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your name.

⁸They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

⁹We do not see our symbols; There is no longer any prophet [to guide us], Nor does any among us know for how long.

¹⁰O God, how long will the adversary scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever?

¹¹Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]? Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!

¹²Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹³You divided the [Red] Sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

¹⁴You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

¹⁵You broke open fountains and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁶The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.

¹⁷You have defined and established all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸Remember this, O LORD, the enemy has scoffed, And a foolish and impious people has spurned Your name.

¹⁹Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

²⁰Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham], For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

²¹Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

²²Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long.

²³Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually [to Your ears].