Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; He judges among the gods (divine beings).

²How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

³Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

⁴Rescue the weak and needy; Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵The rulers do not know nor do they understand; They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

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

⁷"Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes."

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations.

¹A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. Do not keep silent, O God; Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.

²For behold, Your enemies are in tumult, And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].

³They concoct crafty schemes against Your people, And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.

⁴They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; Let the name of Israel be remembered no more."

⁵For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant—

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

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

⁸Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.

⁹Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,

¹⁰Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became like dung for the earth.

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹²Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God."

¹³O my God, make them like whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].

¹⁴Like fire consumes the forest, And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,

¹⁵So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.

¹⁶Fill their faces with shame and disgrace, That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O LORD.

¹⁷Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,

¹⁸That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.

¹To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

²My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

³The bird has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young— Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.

⁴Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

⁵Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

⁶Passing through the Valley of Weeping ( Baca), they make it a place of springs; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

⁷They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion.

⁸O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

⁹See our shield, O God, And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

¹⁰For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

¹²O LORD of hosts, How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].