Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

²Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers,

³who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

⁴shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

⁵They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see them?”

⁶They search out injustice, saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.” For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

⁷But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.

⁸They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

⁹Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!

¹Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed.

²O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.

³When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.

⁴Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!

⁵By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;

⁶the one who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with might;

⁷who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,

⁸so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.

¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.

¹¹You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.

¹²The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy,

¹³the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

¹Shout for joy to God, all the earth;

²sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

³Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

⁴All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah

⁵Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,

⁷who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations — let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

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

⁹who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.

¹⁰For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

¹¹You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs;

¹²you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

¹³I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,

¹⁴that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

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

¹⁸If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

¹⁹But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!