Daily Wisdom Plan

¹God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah

²That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.

³May the peoples praise You, God; May all the peoples praise You.

⁴May the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with fairness And guide the nations on the earth. Selah

⁵May the peoples praise You, God; May all the peoples praise You.

⁶The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us.

⁷God blesses us, So that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

¹May God arise, may His enemies be scattered, And may those who hate Him flee from His presence.

²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before a fire, So the wicked will perish before God.

³But the righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God; Yes, they will rejoice with gladness.

⁴Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Exalt Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the LORD, and be jubilant before Him.

⁵A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy dwelling.

⁶God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious live in parched lands.

⁷God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the desert, Selah

⁸The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹You made plentiful rain fall, God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.

¹⁰Your creatures settled in it; In Your kindness You provided for the poor, God.

¹¹The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim good news are a great army:

¹²“Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home will divide the spoils!”

¹³When you lie down among the sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered the kings there, It was snowing in Zalmon.

¹⁵The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God; The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.

¹⁶Why do you look with envy, you mountains of many peaks, At the mountain God has desired as His dwelling? Indeed, the LORD will dwell there forever.

¹⁷The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

¹⁸You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among people, Even among the rebellious as well, that the LORD God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah

²⁰God is to us a God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong ways of escape from death.

²¹God certainly will shatter the heads of His enemies, The hairy head of one who goes about in his guilt.

²²The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

²³So that your foot may shatter them in blood, And the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴They have seen Your procession, God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

²⁵The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the young women beating tambourines.

²⁶Bless God in the congregations, Even the LORD, you who are of the fountain of Israel.

²⁷Benjamin, the youngest, is there, ruling them, The leaders of Judah in their company, The leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

²⁸Your God has commanded your strength; Show Yourself strong, God, You who acted in our behalf.

²⁹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem Kings will bring gifts to You.

³⁰Rebuke the animals in the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

³¹Messengers will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord, Selah

³³To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He speaks with His voice, a mighty voice.

³⁴Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, And His strength is in the skies.

³⁵God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!

¹Save me, God, For the waters have threatened my life.

²I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

³I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵God, You know my foolishness, And my guilt is not hidden from You.

⁶May those who wait for You not be ashamed because of me, Lord GOD of armies; May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,

⁷Because for Your sake I have endured disgrace; Dishonor has covered my face.

⁸I have become estranged from my brothers, And a stranger to my mother’s sons.

⁹For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my disgrace.

¹¹When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them.

¹²Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, LORD, at an acceptable time; God, in the greatness of Your mercy, Answer me with Your saving truth.

¹⁴Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink; May I be rescued from those who hate me, and from the depths of water.

¹⁵May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit close its mouth on me.

¹⁶Answer me, LORD, for Your mercy is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

¹⁷And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

¹⁸Come near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!

¹⁹You know my disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor; All my enemies are known to You.

²⁰Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am so sick. And I waited for sympathy, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

²¹They also gave me a bitter herb in my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²May their table before them become a snare; And when they are at peace, may it become a trap.

²³May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their hips shake continually.

²⁴Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵May their camp be desolated; May there be none living in their tents.

²⁶For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

²⁷Add guilt to their guilt, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

²⁸May they be wiped out of the book of life, And may they not be recorded with the righteous.

²⁹But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, God, set me safely on high.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with song, And exalt Him with thanksgiving.

³¹And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or bull with horns and hoofs.

³²The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.

³³For the LORD hears the needy, And does not despise those of His who are prisoners.

³⁴Heaven and earth shall praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, So that they may live there and possess it.

³⁶The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will live in it.