Daily Wisdom Plan

¹O LORD God, You to whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth [in judgment]!

²Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Give to the proud a fitting compensation.

³O LORD, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked rejoice in triumph?

⁴They pour out words, speaking arrogant things; All who do evil boast proudly.

⁵They crush Your people, O LORD, And afflict and abuse Your heritage.

⁶They kill the widow and the alien And murder the fatherless.

⁷Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it."

⁸Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people; And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?

⁹He who made the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?

¹⁰He who instructs the nations, Does He not rebuke and punish, He who teaches man knowledge?

¹¹The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath (vain, empty, futile).

¹²Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O LORD, And whom You teach from Your law,

¹³That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

¹⁴For the LORD will not abandon His people, Nor will He abandon His inheritance.

¹⁵For judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?

¹⁷If the LORD had not been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.

¹⁸If I say, "My foot has slipped," Your compassion and lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up.

¹⁹When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your comforts delight me.

²⁰Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

²¹They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.

²²But the LORD has become my high tower and defense, And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³He has turned back their own wickedness upon them And will destroy them by means of their own evil; The LORD our God will wipe them out.

¹O come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

²Let us come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with songs.

³For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods,

⁴In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The peaks of the mountains are His also.

⁵The sea is His, for He made it [by His command]; And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶O come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer].

⁷For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice,

⁸Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife], And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,

⁹"When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles].

¹⁰"For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation, And I said, 'They are a people who err in their heart, And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.'

¹¹"Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath, 'They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].'"

¹O sing to the LORD a new song; Sing to the LORD, all the earth!

²Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

³Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works and wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

⁴For great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

⁵For all the gods of the peoples are [worthless, lifeless] idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

⁶Splendor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

⁷Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

⁸Ascribe to the LORD the glory of His name; Bring an offering and come into His courts.

⁹Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; Tremble [in submissive wonder] before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns; Indeed, the world is firmly and securely established, it shall not be moved; He will judge and rule the people with fairness."

¹¹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and all the things it contains;

¹²Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

¹³Before the LORD, for He is coming, For He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples in His faithfulness.