Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded [the land of Your people] Your inheritance; They have defiled Your sacred temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

²They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

³They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.

⁴We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation], A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.

⁵How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?

⁶Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob And made his pasture desolate.

⁸O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers. Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us, For we have been brought very low.

⁹Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name's sake.

¹⁰Why should the [Gentile] nations say, "Where is their God?" Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation], Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

¹¹Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.

¹²And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.

¹³So we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will declare and publish Your praise from generation to generation.

¹To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] "Lilies, a Testimony." A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth!

²Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us!

³Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

⁴O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?

⁵You have fed them the bread of tears, And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.

⁶You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh [at our suffering] among themselves.

⁷Restore us, O God of hosts; And cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

⁸You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt; You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].

⁹You cleared away the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow, And its branches were like the cedars of God.

¹¹Israel sent out its branches to the [Mediterranean] Sea, And its branches to the [Euphrates] River.

¹²Why have You broken down its walls and hedges, So that all who pass by pick its fruit?

¹³A boar from the woods eats it away, And the insects of the field feed on it.

¹⁴Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

¹⁵Even the stock which Your right hand has planted, And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your [angry] appearance.

¹⁷Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.

¹⁸Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us and we will call on Your name.

¹⁹Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine on us [in favor and approval], and we shall be saved.

¹To the Chief Musician; set to the Philistine lute. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).

²Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

³Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

⁴For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵He established it for a testimony in Joseph When He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,

⁶"I removed the burden from his shoulder; His hands were freed from the basket.

⁷"You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

⁸"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you— O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

⁹"Let there be no strange god among you, Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰"I am the LORD your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

¹¹"But My people would not listen to My voice, And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

¹²"So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.

¹³"Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

¹⁴"Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries;

¹⁵Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

¹⁶"But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."