Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A psalm of Asaph. [1] God stands in the divine assembly; he pronounces judgment among the gods:

²“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

³Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

⁴Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the power of the wicked.”

⁵They do not know or understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶I said, “You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.

⁷However, you will die like humans and fall like any other ruler.”

⁸Rise up, God, judge the earth, for all the nations belong to you.

¹A song. A psalm of Asaph. [1] God, do not keep silent. Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.

²See how your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have acted arrogantly.

³They devise clever schemes against your people; they conspire against your treasured ones.

⁴They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

⁵For they have conspired with one mind; they form an alliance against you  —

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

⁷Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

⁸Even Assyria has joined them; they lend support to the sons of Lot. Selah

⁹Deal with them as you did with Midian, as you did with Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

¹⁰They were destroyed at En-dor; they became manure for the ground.

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹²who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like straw before the wind.

¹⁴As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains,

¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.

¹⁶Cover their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, LORD.

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace.

¹⁸May they know that you alone — whose name is the LORD  — are the Most High over the whole earth.

¹For the choir director: on the . A psalm of the sons of Korah. [1] How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of Armies.

²I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

³Even a sparrow finds a home, and a swallow, a nest for herself where she places her young — near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King and my God.

⁴How happy are those who reside in your house, who praise you continually. Selah

⁵Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of springwater; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.

⁷They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion.

⁸LORD God of Armies, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah

⁹Consider our shield, God; look on the face of your anointed one.

¹⁰Better a day in your courts than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than live in the tents of wicked people.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and shield. The LORD grants favor and honor; he does not withhold the good from those who live with integrity.

¹²Happy is the person who trusts in you, LORD of Armies!