Bible in 90 Days Plan

¹To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks and praise to You, O God, we give thanks, For Your [wonderful works declare that Your] name is near; People declare Your wonders.

²"When I select an appointed time, I will judge with equity," [says the LORD].

³"The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times]. It is I who will steady its pillars. Selah.

⁴"I said to the arrogant, 'Do not boast;' And to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn [of self-glorification].

⁵'Do not lift up your [defiant and aggressive] horn on high, Do not speak with a stiff neck.'"

⁶For not from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert comes exaltation.

⁷But God is the Judge; He puts down one and lifts up another.

⁸For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams; It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it; And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.

⁹But as for me, I will declare it and rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰All the horns of the wicked He will cut off, But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

¹To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

²His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem); His dwelling place is in Zion.

³There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.

⁴You are glorious and resplendent, More majestic than the mountains of prey.

⁵The stouthearted have been stripped of their spoil, They have slept the sleep [of death]; And none of the warriors could use his hands.

⁶At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep [of death].

⁷You, even You, are to be feared [with the submissive wonder of reverence]; Who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?

⁸You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; The earth feared and was quiet

⁹When God arose to [establish] judgment, To save all the humble of the earth. Selah.

¹⁰For the wrath of man shall praise You; With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.

¹¹Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared [with awe-inspired reverence].

¹²He will cut off the spirit of princes; He is awesome and feared by the kings of the earth.

¹To the Chief Musician; according to Jeduthun [one of David's three chief musicians, founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of Asaph. My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

²In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out [in prayer] without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted.

³I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan; I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.

⁴You have held my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

⁵I have considered the ancient days, The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago.

⁶I will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, And my spirit searches:

⁷Will the Lord reject forever? And will He never be favorable again?

⁸Has His lovingkindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time?

⁹Has God forgotten to be gracious? Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah.

¹⁰And I said, "This is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld]."

¹¹I will [solemnly] remember the deeds of the LORD; Yes, I will [wholeheartedly] remember Your wonders of old.

¹²I will meditate on all Your works And thoughtfully consider all Your [great and wondrous] deeds.

¹³Your way, O God, is holy [far from sin and guilt]. What god is great like our God?

¹⁴You are the [awesome] God who works [powerful] wonders; You have demonstrated Your power among the people.

¹⁵You have with Your [great] arm redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

¹⁶The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled.

¹⁷The clouds poured down water; The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.

¹⁸The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings illumined the world; The earth trembled and shook.

¹⁹Your way [of escape for Your people] was through the sea, And Your paths through the great waters, And Your footprints were not traceable.

²⁰You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron [to the promised goal].

¹A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph. Listen, O my people, to my teaching; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth [and be willing to learn].

²I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples]; I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

³Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

⁴We will not hide them from their children, But [we will] tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, And [tell of] His great might and power and the wonderful works that He has done.

⁵For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God's transactions with Israel],

⁶That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born May arise and recount them to their children,

⁷That they should place their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,

⁸And not be like their fathers— A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁹The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk according to His law;

¹¹And they forgot His [incredible] works And His miraculous wonders that He had shown them.

¹²He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].

¹³He divided the [Red] Sea and allowed them to pass through it, And He made the waters stand up like [water behind] a dam.

¹⁴In the daytime He led them with a cloud And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵He split rocks in the wilderness And gave them abundant [water to] drink like the ocean depths.

¹⁶He brought streams also from the rock [at Rephidim and Kadesh] And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷Yet they still continued to sin against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸And in their hearts they put God to the test By asking for food according to their [selfish] appetite.

¹⁹Then they spoke against God; They said, "Can God prepare [food for] a table in the wilderness?

²⁰"Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out And the streams overflowed; Can He give bread also? Or will He provide meat for His people?"

²¹Therefore, when the LORD heard, He was full of wrath; A fire was kindled against Jacob, And His anger mounted up against Israel,

²²Because they did not believe in God [they did not rely on Him, they did not adhere to Him], And they did not trust in His salvation (His power to save).

²³Yet He commanded the clouds from above And opened the doors of heaven;

²⁴And He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them the grain of heaven.

²⁵Man ate the bread of angels; God sent them provision in abundance.

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His [unlimited] power He guided the south wind.

²⁷He rained meat upon them like the dust, And winged birds (quail) like the sand of the seas.

²⁸And He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their tents.

²⁹So they ate and were well filled, He gave them what they craved.

³⁰Before they had satisfied their desire, And while their food was in their mouths,

³¹The wrath of God rose against them And killed some of the strongest of them, And subdued the choice young men of Israel.

³²In spite of all this they still sinned, For they did not believe in His wonderful and extraordinary works.

³³Therefore He consumed their days like a breath [in emptiness and futility] And their years in sudden terror.

³⁴When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him, And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.

³⁶Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths And lied to Him with their tongues.

³⁷For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful to His covenant.

³⁸But He, the source of compassion and lovingkindness, forgave their wickedness and did not destroy them; Many times He restrained His anger And did not stir up all His wrath.

³⁹For He [graciously] remembered that they were mere [human] flesh, A wind that goes and does not return.

⁴⁰How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert!

⁴¹Again and again they tempted God, And distressed the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They did not remember [the miracles worked by] His [powerful] hand, Nor the day when He redeemed them from the enemy,

⁴³How He worked His miracles in Egypt And His wonders in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided],

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them.

⁴⁶He also gave their crops to the grasshopper, And the fruit of their labor to the locust.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with [great] hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost.

⁴⁸He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones, And their flocks and herds to thunderbolts.

⁴⁹He sent upon them His burning anger, His fury and indignation and distress, A band of angels of destruction [among them].

⁵⁰He leveled a path for His anger [to give it free run]; He did not spare their souls from death, But turned over their lives to the plague.

⁵¹He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first and best of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.

⁵²But God led His own people forward like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock.

⁵³He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁵⁴So He brought them to His holy land, To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.

⁵⁵He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned; And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies (laws).

⁵⁷They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer's aim].

⁵⁸For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [devoted to idol worship] And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images [by denying Him the love, worship, and obedience that is rightfully and uniquely His].

⁵⁹When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath; And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

⁶⁰So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, The tent in which He had dwelled among men,

⁶¹And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).

⁶²He also handed His people over to the sword, And was infuriated with His inheritance (Israel).

⁶³The fire [of war] devoured His young men, And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.

⁶⁴His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awakened as from sleep, Like a [mighty] warrior who awakens from the sleep of wine [fully conscious of his power].

⁶⁶He drove His enemies backward; He subjected them to lasting shame and dishonor.

⁶⁷Moreover, He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim [in which the tabernacle stood].

⁶⁸But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel's leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].

⁶⁹And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens], Like the earth which He has established forever.

⁷⁰He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

⁷¹From tending the ewes with nursing young He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

⁷²So David shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; And guided them with his skillful hands.

¹A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded [the land of Your people] Your inheritance; They have defiled Your sacred temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

²They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

³They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.

⁴We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation], A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.

⁵How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?

⁶Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob And made his pasture desolate.

⁸O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers. Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us, For we have been brought very low.

⁹Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name's sake.

¹⁰Why should the [Gentile] nations say, "Where is their God?" Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation], Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

¹¹Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.

¹²And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.

¹³So we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will declare and publish Your praise from generation to generation.

¹To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] "Lilies, a Testimony." A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth!

²Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us!

³Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

⁴O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?

⁵You have fed them the bread of tears, And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.

⁶You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh [at our suffering] among themselves.

⁷Restore us, O God of hosts; And cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

⁸You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt; You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].

⁹You cleared away the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow, And its branches were like the cedars of God.

¹¹Israel sent out its branches to the [Mediterranean] Sea, And its branches to the [Euphrates] River.

¹²Why have You broken down its walls and hedges, So that all who pass by pick its fruit?

¹³A boar from the woods eats it away, And the insects of the field feed on it.

¹⁴Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

¹⁵Even the stock which Your right hand has planted, And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your [angry] appearance.

¹⁷Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.

¹⁸Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us and we will call on Your name.

¹⁹Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine on us [in favor and approval], and we shall be saved.

¹To the Chief Musician; set to the Philistine lute. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).

²Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

³Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

⁴For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵He established it for a testimony in Joseph When He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,

⁶"I removed the burden from his shoulder; His hands were freed from the basket.

⁷"You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

⁸"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you— O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

⁹"Let there be no strange god among you, Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰"I am the LORD your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

¹¹"But My people would not listen to My voice, And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

¹²"So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.

¹³"Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

¹⁴"Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries;

¹⁵Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

¹⁶"But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

¹A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; He judges among the gods (divine beings).

²How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

³Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

⁴Rescue the weak and needy; Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵The rulers do not know nor do they understand; They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

⁶I said, "You are gods; Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.

⁷"Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes."

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations.

¹A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. Do not keep silent, O God; Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.

²For behold, Your enemies are in tumult, And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].

³They concoct crafty schemes against Your people, And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.

⁴They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; Let the name of Israel be remembered no more."

⁵For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant—

⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Of Moab and the Hagrites,

⁷Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

⁸Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.

⁹Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,

¹⁰Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became like dung for the earth.

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹²Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God."

¹³O my God, make them like whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].

¹⁴Like fire consumes the forest, And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,

¹⁵So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.

¹⁶Fill their faces with shame and disgrace, That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O LORD.

¹⁷Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,

¹⁸That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.

¹To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

²My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

³The bird has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young— Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.

⁴Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

⁵Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

⁶Passing through the Valley of Weeping ( Baca), they make it a place of springs; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

⁷They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion.

⁸O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

⁹See our shield, O God, And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

¹⁰For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

¹²O LORD of hosts, How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. O LORD, You have [at last] shown favor to Your land [of Canaan]; You have restored [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob (Israel).

²You have forgiven the wickedness of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah.

³You have withdrawn all Your wrath, You have turned away from Your burning anger.

⁴Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

⁵Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

⁶Will You not revive us and bring us to life again, That Your people may rejoice in You?

⁷Show us Your lovingkindness, O LORD, And grant us Your salvation.

⁸I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the LORD will say, For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones— But let them not turn again to folly.

⁹Surely His salvation is near to those who [reverently] fear Him [and obey Him with submissive wonder], That glory [the manifest presence of God] may dwell in our land.

¹⁰Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together; Righteousness and peace kiss each other.

¹¹Truth springs from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven.

¹²Indeed, the LORD will give what is good, And our land will yield its produce.

¹³Righteousness will go before Him And will make His footsteps into a way [in which to walk].

¹A Prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].

²Protect my life (soul), for I am godly and faithful; O You my God, save Your servant, who trusts in You [believing in You and relying on You, confidently committing everything to You].

³Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord, For to You I cry out all the day long.

⁴Make Your servant rejoice, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul [all that I am—in prayer].

⁵For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever]; And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.

⁶Hear, O LORD, my prayer; And listen attentively to the voice of my supplications (specific requests)!

⁷In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.

⁸There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works [of wonder and majesty] like Yours.

⁹All nations whom You have made shall come and kneel down in worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name.

¹⁰For You are great and do wondrous works! You alone are God.

¹¹Teach me Your way, O LORD, I will walk and live in Your truth; Direct my heart to fear Your name [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

¹²I will give thanks and praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; And will glorify Your name forevermore.

¹³For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me; And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

¹⁴O God, arrogant and insolent men have risen up against me; A band of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them.

¹⁵But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.

¹⁶Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant, And save the son of Your handmaid.

¹⁷Show me a sign of [Your] goodwill, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, O LORD, helped and comforted me.

¹A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song. His foundation is on the holy mountain.

²The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).

³Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God [Jerusalem]. Selah.

⁴"I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me— Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)— 'This one was born there.'"

⁵But of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one were born in her," And the Most High Himself will establish her.

⁶The LORD will count, when He registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.

⁷The singers as well as the players of flutes will say, "All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God]."