Daily Wisdom Plan

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.