Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.

²Serve the LORD with gladness and delight; Come before His presence with joyful singing.

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

⁴Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name.

⁵For the LORD is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting, His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.

¹A Psalm of David. I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice; To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

²I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity. When will You come to me? I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.

³I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path]; It will not grasp hold of me.

⁴A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not tolerate evil.

⁵Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence; The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

⁶My eyes will be on the faithful (honorable) of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks blamelessly is the one who will minister to and serve me.

⁷He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house; He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.

⁸Morning after morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, That I may cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do evil.

¹A Prayer of the afflicted; when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint to God. Hear my prayer, O LORD, And let my cry for help come to You!

²Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call, answer me quickly.

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

⁴My heart has been struck like grass and withered, Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.

⁵Because of the sound of my groaning [in suffering and trouble] My bones cling to my flesh.

⁶I am like a [mournful] vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the wasteland.

⁷I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning], I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

⁸My enemies taunt me all day long; Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, And have mingled my drink with tears

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

¹¹My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun]; And as for me, I wither away like grass.

¹²But You, O LORD, are enthroned forever [ruling eternally as sovereign]; And [the fame and glory of] Your name [endures] to all generations.

¹³You will arise and have compassion on Zion, For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her; Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

¹⁴For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] And feel pity for her dust.

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

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

¹⁷He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸Let this be recorded for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created will praise the LORD.

¹⁹For He looked down from His holy height [of His sanctuary], From heaven the LORD gazed on the earth,

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

²¹So that people may declare 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 exhausted my strength [humbling me with sorrow] in the way; He has shortened my days.

²⁴I said, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

²⁵"At the beginning You founded the earth; The heavens are the work of Your hands.

²⁶"Even they will perish, but You endure; Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them and they shall be changed.

²⁷"But You remain the same, And Your years will never end.

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