Daily Wisdom Plan

¹God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

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

³Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

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

⁵They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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

⁷nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!

¹O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

²For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.

³They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.

⁴They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”

⁵For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant —

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

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

⁸Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah

⁹Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

¹⁰who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.

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

¹²who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.”

¹³O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

¹⁴As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

¹⁵so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!

¹⁶Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD.

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,

¹⁸that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

¹How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!

²My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

³Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

⁴Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

⁶As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.

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

⁸O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

⁹Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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

¹²O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!