Bible in 90 Days Plan

¹O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent,

²those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.

³Their tongues sting like a snake; the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude

⁴O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Protect me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me.

⁵The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude

⁶I said to the LORD, “You are my God!” Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!

⁷O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me, you protected me on the day of battle.

⁸LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude

⁹Let my enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me.

¹⁰Let burning coals fall down on their heads. Let them be thrown into the fire or into watery pits from which they can’t escape.

¹¹Don’t let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.

¹²But I know the LORD will help those they persecute; he will give justice to the poor.

¹³Surely righteous people are praising your name; the godly will live in your presence.

¹O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help!

²Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.

³Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard my lips.

⁴Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.

⁵Let the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. But I pray constantly against the wicked and their deeds.

⁶When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff, the wicked will listen to my words and find them true.

⁷Like rocks brought up by a plow, the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.

⁸I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD. You are my refuge; don’t let them kill me.

⁹Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, but let me escape.

¹I cry out to the LORD; I plead for the LORD’s mercy.

²I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles.

³When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.

⁴I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.

⁵Then I pray to you, O LORD. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.

⁶Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

⁷Bring me out of prison so I can thank you. The godly will crowd around me, for you are good to me.”

¹Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.

²Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.

³My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.

⁴I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.

⁵I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.

⁶I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

⁷Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die.

⁸Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.

⁹Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I run to you to hide me.

¹⁰Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.

¹¹For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.

¹²In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.

¹Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.

²He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.

³O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?

⁴For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.

⁵Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.

⁶Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them!

⁷Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.

⁸Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.

⁹I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.

¹⁰For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.

¹¹Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.

¹²May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.

¹³May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,

¹⁴and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.

¹⁵Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.

¹I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever.

²I will praise you every day; yes, I will praise you forever.

³Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.

⁴Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power.

⁵I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles.

⁶Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue; I will proclaim your greatness.

⁷Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.

⁸The LORD is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

⁹The LORD is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.

¹⁰All of your works will thank you, LORD, and your faithful followers will praise you.

¹¹They will speak of the glory of your kingdom; they will give examples of your power.

¹²They will tell about your mighty deeds and about the majesty and glory of your reign.

¹³For your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. You rule throughout all generations. The LORD always keeps his promises; he is gracious in all he does.

¹⁴The LORD helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them their food as they need it.

¹⁶When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

¹⁷The LORD is righteous in everything he does; he is filled with kindness.

¹⁸The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth.

¹⁹He grants the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them.

²⁰The LORD protects all those who love him, but he destroys the wicked.

²¹I will praise the LORD, and may everyone on earth bless his holy name forever and ever.

¹Praise the LORD! Let all that I am praise the LORD.

²I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.

³Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.

⁴When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.

⁵But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God.

⁶He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.

⁷He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

⁸The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly.

⁹The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.

¹⁰The LORD will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the LORD!

¹Praise the LORD! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting!

²The LORD is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the exiles back to Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.

⁴He counts the stars and calls them all by name.

⁵How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!

⁶The LORD supports the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust.

⁷Sing out your thanks to the LORD; sing praises to our God with a harp.

⁸He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.

⁹He gives food to the wild animals and feeds the young ravens when they cry.

¹⁰He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse or in human might.

¹¹No, the LORD’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.

¹²Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³For he has strengthened the bars of your gates and blessed your children within your walls.

¹⁴He sends peace across your nation and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.

¹⁵He sends his orders to the world — how swiftly his word flies!

¹⁶He sends the snow like white wool; he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes.

¹⁷He hurls the hail like stones. Who can stand against his freezing cold?

¹⁸Then, at his command, it all melts. He sends his winds, and the ice thaws.

¹⁹He has revealed his words to Jacob, his decrees and regulations to Israel.

²⁰He has not done this for any other nation; they do not know his regulations. Praise the LORD!

¹Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him from the skies!

²Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all the armies of heaven!

³Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you twinkling stars!

⁴Praise him, skies above! Praise him, vapors high above the clouds!

⁵Let every created thing give praise to the LORD, for he issued his command, and they came into being.

⁶He set them in place forever and ever. His decree will never be revoked.

⁷Praise the LORD from the earth, you creatures of the ocean depths,

⁸fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather that obey him,

⁹mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

¹⁰wild animals and all livestock, small scurrying animals and birds,

¹¹kings of the earth and all people, rulers and judges of the earth,

¹²young men and young women, old men and children.

¹³Let them all praise the name of the LORD. For his name is very great; his glory towers over the earth and heaven!

¹⁴He has made his people strong, honoring his faithful ones — the people of Israel who are close to him. Praise the LORD!

¹Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song. Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.

²O Israel, rejoice in your Maker. O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King.

³Praise his name with dancing, accompanied by tambourine and harp.

⁴For the LORD delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

⁵Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them. Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.

⁶Let the praises of God be in their mouths, and a sharp sword in their hands —

⁷to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

⁸to bind their kings with shackles and their leaders with iron chains,

⁹to execute the judgment written against them. This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones. Praise the LORD!

¹Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven!

²Praise him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness!

³Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp!

⁴Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes!

⁵Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals.

⁶Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD! Praise the LORD!

¹These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.

²Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise.

³Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair.

⁴These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young.

⁵Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance

⁶by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁷Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

⁸My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

⁹What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.

¹⁰My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!

¹¹They may say, “Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!

¹²Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave ; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.

¹³Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.

¹⁴Come, throw in your lot with us; we’ll all share the loot.”

¹⁵My child, don’t go along with them! Stay far away from their paths.

¹⁶They rush to commit evil deeds. They hurry to commit murder.

¹⁷If a bird sees a trap being set, it knows to stay away.

¹⁸But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed.

¹⁹Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.

²⁰Wisdom shouts in the streets. She cries out in the public square.

²¹She calls to the crowds along the main street, to those gathered in front of the city gate:

²²“How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?

²³Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise.

²⁴“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.

²⁵You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.

²⁶So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you —

²⁷when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you.

²⁸“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

²⁹For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

³⁰They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them.

³¹Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way, choking on their own schemes.

³²For simpletons turn away from me — to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.

³³But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.”

¹My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.

²Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.

³Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.

⁴Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures.

⁵Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God.

⁶For the LORD grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

⁷He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.

⁸He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him.

⁹Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go.

¹⁰For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.

¹¹Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.

¹²Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose words are twisted.

¹³These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths.

¹⁴They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.

¹⁵Their actions are crooked, and their ways are wrong.

¹⁶Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.

¹⁷She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.

¹⁸Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave.

¹⁹The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.

²⁰So follow the steps of the good, and stay on the paths of the righteous.

²¹For only the godly will live in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.

²²But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.