Daily Wisdom Plan

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O God, come quickly to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me!

²Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and humiliated Who delight in my hurt.

³Let them be turned back because of their shame and disgrace Who say, "Aha, aha!"

⁴May all those who seek You [as life's first priority] rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified!"

⁵But I am afflicted and needy; Come quickly to me, O God! You are my help and my rescuer; O LORD, do not delay.

¹In you, O LORD, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame.

²In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

³Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.

⁴Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless), From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

⁵For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

⁶Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother's womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You.

⁷I am as a wonder to many, For You are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long.

⁹Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

¹⁰For my enemies have spoken against me; Those who watch for my life have consulted together,

¹¹Saying, "God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him."

¹²O God, do not be far from me; O my God, come quickly to help me!

¹³Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

¹⁴But as for me, I will wait and hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long, For their number is more than I know.

¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD [and in His strength]; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.

¹⁸And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the [height of the] heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]?

²⁰You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive and renew me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

²¹May You increase my greatness (honor) And turn to comfort me.

²²I will also praise You with the harp, Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You, And my soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.

¹A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king [knowledge of] Your judgments, O God, And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king's son [to guide all his ways].

²May he judge Your people with righteousness, And Your afflicted with justice.

³The mountains will bring peace and prosperity to the people, And the hills, in [the establishment of] righteousness.

⁴May he bring justice to the poor among the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor,

⁵Let them fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and worship You with obedience] while the sun endures, And as long as the moon [reflects light], throughout all generations.

⁶May he come down like rain on the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.

⁷In his days may the righteous flourish, And peace abound until the moon is no more.

⁸May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

⁹The nomads of the desert will bow before him, And his enemies will lick the dust.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring offerings; The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

¹¹Yes, all kings will bow down before him, All nations will serve him.

¹²For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And he will save the lives of the needy.

¹⁴He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence, And their blood will be precious in His sight.

¹⁵So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And let them pray for him continually; Let them bless and praise him all day long.

¹⁶There will be an abundance of grain in the soil on the top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon, And those of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁷May his name endure forever; May his name continue as long as the sun; And let men bless themselves by him; Let all nations call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wonderful things.

¹⁹Blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.

²⁰The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended.