Bible in 90 Days Plan

¹For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. [1] I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

²He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

³How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you attack as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

⁴They only plan to bring him down from his high position. They take pleasure in lying; they bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah

⁵Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from him.

⁶He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

⁷My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock. My refuge is in God.

⁸Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before him. God is our refuge. Selah

⁹Common people are only a vapor; important people, an illusion. Together on a scale, they weigh less than a vapor.

¹⁰Place no trust in oppression, or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it.

¹¹God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God,

¹²and faithful love belongs to you, LORD. For you repay each according to his works.

¹A psalm of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah. [1] God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

²So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory.

³My lips will glorify you because your faithful love is better than life.

⁴So I will bless you as long as I live; at your name, I will lift up my hands.

⁵You satisfy me as with rich food; my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

⁶When I think of you as I lie on my bed, I meditate on you during the night watches

⁷because you are my helper; I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

⁸I follow close to you; your right hand holds on to me.

⁹But those who intend to destroy my life will go into the depths of the earth.

¹⁰They will be given over to the power of the sword; they will become a meal for jackals.

¹¹But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by him will boast, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] God, hear my voice when I am in anguish. Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

²Hide me from the scheming of wicked people, from the mob of evildoers,

³who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,

⁴shooting from concealed places at the blameless. They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

⁵They adopt an evil plan; they talk about hiding traps and say, “Who will see them?”

⁶They devise crimes and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

⁷But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly, they will be wounded.

⁸They will be made to stumble; their own tongues work against them. All who see them will shake their heads.

⁹Then everyone will fear and will tell about God’s work, for they will understand what he has done.

¹⁰The righteous one rejoices in the LORD and takes refuge in him; all those who are upright in heart will offer praise.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. A song. [1] Praise is rightfully yours, God, in Zion; vows to you will be fulfilled.

²All humanity will come to you, the one who hears prayer.

³Iniquities overwhelm me; only you can atone for our rebellions.

⁴How happy is the one you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple.

⁵You answer us in righteousness, with awe-inspiring works, God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the distant seas.

⁶You establish the mountains by your power; you are robed with strength.

⁷You silence the roar of the seas, the roar of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

⁸Those who live far away are awed by your signs; you make east and west shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and water it abundantly, enriching it greatly. God’s stream is filled with water, for you prepare the earth in this way, providing people with grain.

¹⁰You soften it with showers and bless its growth, soaking its furrows and leveling its ridges.

¹¹You crown the year with your goodness; your carts overflow with plenty.

¹²The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are robed with joy.

¹³The pastures are clothed with flocks and the valleys covered with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

¹For the choir director. A song. A psalm. [1] Let the whole earth shout joyfully to God!

²Sing about the glory of his name; make his praise glorious.

³Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are your works! Your enemies will cringe before you because of your great strength.

⁴The whole earth will worship you and sing praise to you. They will sing praise to your name.” Selah

⁵Come and see the wonders of God; his acts for humanity are awe-inspiring.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land, and they crossed the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him.

⁷He rules forever by his might; he keeps his eye on the nations. The rebellious should not exalt themselves. Selah

⁸Bless our God, you peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard.

⁹He keeps us alive and does not allow our feet to slip.

¹⁰For you, God, tested us; you refined us as silver is refined.

¹¹You lured us into a trap; you placed burdens on our backs.

¹²You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us out to abundance.

¹³I will enter your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows

¹⁴that my lips promised and my mouth spoke during my distress.

¹⁵I will offer you fattened sheep as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will sacrifice bulls with goats. Selah

¹⁶Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me.

¹⁷I cried out to him with my mouth, and praise was on my tongue.

¹⁸If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

¹⁹However, God has listened; he has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God! He has not turned away my prayer or turned his faithful love from me.

¹For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song. [1] May God be gracious to us and bless us; may he make his face shine upon us Selah

²so that your way may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

³Let the peoples praise you, God; let all the peoples praise you.

⁴Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy, for you judge the peoples with fairness and lead the nations on earth. Selah

⁵Let the peoples praise you, God, let all the peoples praise you.

⁶The earth has produced its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

⁷God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. A song. [1] God arises. His enemies scatter, and those who hate him flee from his presence.

²As smoke is blown away, so you blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

³But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.

⁴Sing to God! Sing praises to his name. Exalt him who rides on the clouds  —  his name is the LORD  — and celebrate before him.

⁵God in his holy dwelling is a father of the fatherless and a champion of widows.

⁶God provides homes for those who are deserted. He leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious live in a scorched land.

⁷God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the desert, Selah

⁸the earth trembled and the skies poured rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

⁹You, God, showered abundant rain; you revived your inheritance when it languished.

¹⁰Your people settled in it; God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.

¹¹The Lord gave the command; a great company of women brought the good news:

¹²“The kings of the armies flee — they flee!” She who stays at home divides the spoil.

¹³While you lie among the sheep pens, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its feathers with glistening gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it snowed on Zalmon.

¹⁵Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain; Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.

¹⁶Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks, at the mountain God desired for his abode? The LORD will dwell there forever!

¹⁷God’s chariots are tens of thousands, thousands and thousands; the Lord is among them in the sanctuary as he was at Sinai.

¹⁸You ascended to the heights, taking away captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious, so that the LORD God might dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord! Day after day he bears our burdens; God is our salvation. Selah

²⁰Our God is a God of salvation, and escape from death belongs to the LORD my Lord.

²¹Surely God crushes the heads of his enemies, the hairy brow of one who goes on in his guilty acts.

²²The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

²³so that your foot may wade in blood and your dogs’ tongues may have their share from the enemies.”

²⁴People have seen your procession, God, the procession of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

²⁵Singers lead the way, with musicians following; among them are young women playing tambourines.

²⁶Bless God in the assemblies; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them, the rulers of Judah in their assembly, the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.

²⁸Your God has decreed your strength. Show your strength, God, you who have acted on our behalf.

²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings will bring tribute to you.

³⁰Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those with bars of silver. Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.

³¹Ambassadors will come from Egypt; Cush will stretch out its hands to God.

³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; sing praise to the Lord, Selah

³³to him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens. Look, he thunders with his powerful voice!

³⁴Ascribe power to God. His majesty is over Israel, his power is among the clouds.

³⁵God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!

¹For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” Of David. [1] Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck.

²I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep water, and a flood sweeps over me.

³I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

⁵God, you know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.

⁶Do not let those who put their hope in you be disgraced because of me, Lord GOD of Armies; do not let those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.

⁷For I have endured insults because of you, and shame has covered my face.

⁸I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons

⁹because zeal for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

¹⁰I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults.

¹¹I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

¹²Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.

¹³But as for me, LORD, my prayer to you is for a time of favor. In your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with your sure salvation.

¹⁴Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep water.

¹⁵Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me or the deep swallow me up; don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, LORD, for your faithful love is good. In keeping with your abundant compassion, turn to me.

¹⁷Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

¹⁸Come near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies.

¹⁹You know the insults I endure — my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries.

²⁰Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one.

²¹Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies.

²³Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their hips continually quake.

²⁴Pour out your rage on them, and let your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents.

²⁶For they persecute the one you struck and talk about the pain of those you wounded.

²⁷Charge them with crime on top of crime; do not let them share in your righteousness.

²⁸Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous.

²⁹But as for me — poor and in pain — let your salvation protect me, God.

³⁰I will praise God’s name with song and exalt him with thanksgiving.

³¹That will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

³²The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart!

³³For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise his own who are prisoners.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them,

³⁵for God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it.

³⁶The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will live in it.

¹For the choir director. Of David. To bring remembrance. [1] God, hurry to rescue me. LORD, hurry to help me!

²Let those who seek to kill me be disgraced and confounded; let those who wish me harm be turned back and humiliated.

³Let those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

⁴Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let those who love your salvation continually say, “God is great!”

⁵I am oppressed and needy; hurry to me, God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay.

¹LORD, I seek refuge in you; let me never be disgraced.

²In your justice, rescue and deliver me; listen closely to me and save me.

³Be a rock of refuge for me, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and fortress.

⁴Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.

⁵For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

⁶I have leaned on you from birth; you took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always about you.

⁷I am like a miraculous sign to many, and you are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth is full of praise and honor to you all day long.

⁹Don’t discard me in my old age. As my strength fails, do not abandon me.

¹⁰For my enemies talk about me, and those who spy on me plot together,

¹¹saying, “God has abandoned him; chase him and catch him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

¹²God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me.

¹³May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed; may those who intend to harm me be covered with disgrace and humiliation.

¹⁴But I will hope continually and will praise you more and more.

¹⁵My mouth will tell about your righteousness and your salvation all day long, though I cannot sum them up.

¹⁶I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.

¹⁷God, you have taught me from my youth, and I still proclaim your wondrous works.

¹⁸Even while I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, while I proclaim your power to another generation, your strength to all who are to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness reaches the heights, God, you who have done great things; God, who is like you?

²⁰You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but you will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth.

²¹You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

²²Therefore, I will praise you with a harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing to you with a lyre, Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you because you have redeemed me.

²⁴Therefore, my tongue will proclaim your righteousness all day long, for those who intend to harm me will be disgraced and confounded.

¹Of Solomon. [1] God, give your justice to the king and your righteousness to the king’s son.

²He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.

³May the mountains bring well-being to the people and the hills, righteousness.

⁴May he vindicate the afflicted among the people, help the poor, and crush the oppressor.

⁵May they fear you while the sun endures and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

⁶May the king be like rain that falls on the cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

⁷May the righteous flourish in his days and well-being abound until the moon is no more.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

⁹May desert tribes kneel before him and his enemies lick the dust.

¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish and the coasts and islands bring tribute, the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

¹¹Let all kings bow in homage to him, all nations serve him.

¹²For he will rescue the poor who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

¹³He will have pity on the poor and helpless and save the lives of the poor.

¹⁴He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious in his sight.

¹⁵May he live long! May gold from Sheba be given to him. May prayer be offered for him continually, and may he be blessed all day long.

¹⁶May there be plenty of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains. May its crops be like Lebanon. May people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field.

¹⁷May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his fame increase. May all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonders.

¹⁹Blessed be his glorious name forever; the whole earth is filled with his glory. Amen and amen.

²⁰The prayers of David son of Jesse are concluded.

¹A psalm of Asaph. [1] God is indeed good to Israel, to the pure in heart.

²But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my steps nearly went astray.

³For I envied the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴They have an easy time until they die, and their bodies are well fed.

⁵They are not in trouble like others; they are not afflicted like most people.

⁶Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment.

⁷Their eyes bulge out from fatness; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

⁸They mock, and they speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten oppression.

⁹They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth.

¹⁰Therefore his people turn to them and drink in their overflowing words.

¹¹The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High know everything?”

¹²Look at them — the wicked! They are always at ease, and they increase their wealth.

¹³Did I purify my heart and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

¹⁴For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

¹⁵If I had decided to say these things aloud, I would have betrayed your people.

¹⁶When I tried to understand all this, it seemed hopeless

¹⁷until I entered God’s sanctuary. Then I understood their destiny.

¹⁸Indeed, you put them in slippery places; you make them fall into ruin.

¹⁹How suddenly they become a desolation! They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

²⁰Like one waking from a dream, Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.

²¹When I became embittered and my innermost being was wounded,

²²I was stupid and didn’t understand; I was an unthinking animal toward you.

²³Yet I am always with you; you hold my right hand.

²⁴You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me up in glory.

²⁵Who do I have in heaven but you? And I desire nothing on earth but you.

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

²⁷Those far from you will certainly perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

²⁸But as for me, God’s presence is my good. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, so I can tell about all you do.

¹A of Asaph. [1] Why have you rejected us forever, God? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

²Remember your congregation, which you purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.

³Make your way to the perpetual ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.

⁴Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where you met with us. They set up their emblems as signs.

⁵It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes,

⁶then smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

⁷They set your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of your name.

⁸They said in their hearts, “Let us oppress them relentlessly.” They burned every place throughout the land where God met with us.

⁹There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer a prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

¹⁰God, how long will the enemy mock? Will the foe insult your name forever?

¹¹Why do you hold back your hand? Stretch out your right hand and destroy them!

¹²God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth.

¹³You divided the sea with your strength; you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water;

¹⁴you crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the creatures of the desert.

¹⁵You opened up springs and streams; you dried up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁶The day is yours, also the night; you established the moon and the sun.

¹⁷You set all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter.

¹⁸Remember this: the enemy has mocked the LORD, and a foolish people has insulted your name.

¹⁹Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.

²⁰Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

²¹Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.

²²Rise up, God, champion your cause! Remember the insults that fools bring against you all day long.

²³Do not forget the clamor of your adversaries, the tumult of your opponents that goes up constantly.