Daily Wisdom Plan

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

²Hide me from the secret discussion of evildoers, From the restlessness of the workers of injustice,

³Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,

⁴To shoot from concealment at the innocent; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

⁵They make firm for themselves an evil purpose; They talk of setting snares secretly; They say, “Who can see them?”

⁶They devise injustices, saying, “We are ready with a well-conceived plot”; For the inward thought and the heart of a person are deep.

⁷But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly they will be wounded.

⁸So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake their heads.

⁹Then all people will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done.

¹⁰The righteous person will be glad in the LORD and take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will boast.

¹There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, God, And the vow will be fulfilled for You.

²You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.

³Wrongdoings prevail against me; As for our offenses, You forgive them.

⁴Blessed is the one You choose and allow to approach You; He will dwell in Your courtyards. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

⁵By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and the farthest sea;

⁶Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Who is encircled with might;

⁷Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the turmoil of the nations.

⁸They who dwell at the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the sunrise and the sunset shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain, for so You prepare the earth.

¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.

¹¹You have crowned the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with fatness.

¹²The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills encircle themselves with rejoicing.

¹³The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

¹Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

²Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious.

³Say to God, “How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to obey You.

⁴All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name.” Selah

⁵Come and see the works of God, Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of mankind.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land; They passed through the river on foot; Let’s rejoice there, in Him!

⁷He rules by His might forever; His eyes keep watch on the nations; The rebellious shall not exalt themselves! Selah

⁸Bless our God, you peoples, And sound His praise abroad,

⁹Who keeps us in life, And does not allow our feet to slip.

¹⁰For You have put us to the test, God; You have refined us as silver is refined.

¹¹You brought us into the net; You laid an oppressive burden upon us.

¹²You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water. Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

¹³I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows,

¹⁴Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was in distress.

¹⁵I shall offer to You burnt offerings of fat animals, With the smoke of rams; I shall make an offering of bulls with male goats. Selah

¹⁶Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.

¹⁷I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was exalted with my tongue.

¹⁸If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear;

¹⁹But God has heard; He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His favor from me.