Daily Wisdom Plan

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise! Do not keep silent,

²For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me without a cause.

⁴In return for my love, they attack me, But I am in prayer.

⁵They have repaid me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked man against him, And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].

⁷When he enters into dispute, let wickedness come about. Let his prayer [for help] result [only] in sin.

⁸Let his days be few; And let another take his office.

⁹Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.

¹⁰Let his children wander and beg; Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.

¹¹Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.

¹²Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, Nor let anyone be gracious to his fatherless children.

¹³Let his descendants be cut off, And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

¹⁴Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered by the LORD; And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

¹⁵Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;

¹⁶Because the man did not remember to show kindness, But persecuted the suffering and needy man, And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

¹⁷He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him; He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

¹⁸He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it seeped into his inner self like water And like [anointing] oil into his bones.

¹⁹Let it be to him as a robe with which he covers himself, And as a sash with which he is constantly bound.

²⁰Let this be the reward of my attackers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my life.

²¹But You, O GOD, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;

²²For I am suffering and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

²³I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades; I am shaken off like the locust.

²⁴My knees are unsteady from fasting; And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.

²⁵I also have become a reproach and an object of taunting to others; When they see me, they shake their heads [in derision].

²⁶Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness—

²⁷And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.

²⁸Let them curse, but You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be ashamed, But let Your servant rejoice.

²⁹Let my attackers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰I will give great praise and thanks to the LORD with my mouth; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

³¹For He will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

¹A Psalm of David. The LORD (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son), "Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission]."

²The LORD will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying, "Rule in the midst of Your enemies."

³Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, Your young men are to You as the dew.

⁴The LORD has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind: " You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."

⁵The LORD is at Your right hand, He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations; He will fill them with corpses, He will crush the chief men over a broad country.

⁷He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly].

¹Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the congregation.

²Great are the works of the LORD, Studied by all those who delight in them.

³Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever.

⁴He has made His wonderful acts to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and merciful and full of loving compassion.

⁵He has given food to those who fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence]; He will remember His covenant forever.

⁶He has declared and made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice; All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy).

⁸They are upheld forever and ever; They are done in [absolute] truth and uprightness.

⁹He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; Holy and awesome is His name—[inspiring reverence and godly fear].

¹⁰The [reverent] fear of the LORD is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom; A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord; His praise endures forever.