Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.

²Serve the LORD with jubilation; Come before Him with rejoicing.

³Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

⁴Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courtyards with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.

⁵For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting And His faithfulness is to all generations.

¹I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, LORD, I will sing praises.

²I will carefully attend to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

³I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

⁴A perverse heart shall leave me; I will know no evil.

⁵Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.

⁶My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; One who walks in a blameless way is one who will serve me.

⁷One who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; One who speaks lies shall not maintain his position before me.

⁸Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to eliminate from the city of the LORD all those who do injustice.

¹Hear my prayer, LORD! And let my cry for help come to You.

²Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call answer me quickly.

³For my days have ended in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

⁴My heart has been struck like grass and has withered, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

⁵Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.

⁶I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.

⁷I lie awake, I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.

⁸My enemies have taunted me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mixed my drink with weeping

¹⁰Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

¹¹My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.

¹²But You, LORD, remain forever, And Your name remains to all generations.

¹³You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.

¹⁴Surely Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.

¹⁵So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth, Your glory.

¹⁶For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

¹⁷He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

¹⁹For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD looked upon the earth,

²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,

²¹So that people may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem,

²²When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

²³He has broken my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.

²⁴I say, “My God, do not take me away in the middle of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁵In time of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

²⁶Even they will perish, but You endure; All of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.

²⁷But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.

²⁸The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”