Daily Wisdom Plan

¹O LORD, the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!

²Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give the proud what they deserve.

³How long, O LORD? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?

⁴How long will they speak with arrogance? How long will these evil people boast?

⁵They crush your people, LORD, hurting those you claim as your own.

⁶They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans.

⁷“The LORD isn’t looking,” they say, “and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.”

⁸Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?

⁹Is he deaf — the one who made your ears? Is he blind — the one who formed your eyes?

¹⁰He punishes the nations — won’t he also punish you? He knows everything — doesn’t he also know what you are doing?

¹¹The LORD knows people’s thoughts; he knows they are worthless!

¹²Joyful are those you discipline, LORD, those you teach with your instructions.

¹³You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.

¹⁴The LORD will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession.

¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on justice, and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

¹⁶Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?

¹⁷Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

¹⁸I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me.

¹⁹When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.

²⁰Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side — leaders whose decrees permit injustice?

²¹They gang up against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

²²But the LORD is my fortress; my God is the mighty rock where I hide.

²³God will turn the sins of evil people back on them. He will destroy them for their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them.

¹Come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

²Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him.

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

⁴He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.

⁵The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too.

⁶Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,

⁷for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!

⁸The LORD says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.

⁹For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did.

¹⁰For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’

¹¹So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”

¹Sing a new song to the LORD! Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!

²Sing to the LORD; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.

³Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.

⁴Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.

⁵The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the LORD made the heavens!

⁶Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.

⁷O nations of the world, recognize the LORD; recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.

⁸Give to the LORD the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his courts.

⁹Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him.

¹⁰Tell all the nations, “The LORD reigns!” The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. He will judge all peoples fairly.

¹¹Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!

¹²Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest sing for joy

¹³before the LORD, for he is coming! He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with his truth.