Daily Wisdom Plan

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] God of my praise, do not be silent.

²For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

³They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

⁴In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray.

⁵They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

⁶Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin.

⁸Let his days be few; let another take over his position.

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

¹⁰Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes.

¹¹Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for.

¹²Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.

¹³Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.

¹⁵Let their sins always remain before the LORD, and let him remove all memory of them from the earth.

¹⁶For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death.

¹⁷He loved cursing — let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him.

¹⁸He wore cursing like his coat — let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil.

¹⁹Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears.

²⁰Let this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

²¹But you, LORD, my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name’s sake; because your faithful love is good, rescue me.

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

²³I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated.

²⁵I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.

²⁶Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your faithful love

²⁷so they may know that this is your hand and that you, LORD, have done it.

²⁸Though they curse, you will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice.

²⁹My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak.

³⁰I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise him in the presence of many.

³¹For he stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him.

¹A psalm of David. [1] This is the declaration of the LORD to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

²The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule over your surrounding enemies.

³Your people will volunteer on your day of battle. In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of your youth belongs to you.

⁴The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back: “You are a priest forever according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his anger.

⁶He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; he will crush leaders over the entire world.

⁷He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore, he will lift up his head.

¹Hallelujah! I will praise the LORD with all my heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

²The LORD’s works are great, studied by all who delight in them.

³All that he does is splendid and majestic; his righteousness endures forever.

⁴He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered. The LORD is gracious and compassionate.

⁵He has provided food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.

⁶He has shown his people the power of his works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.

⁷The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his instructions are trustworthy.

⁸They are established forever and ever, enacted in truth and in uprightness.

⁹He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awe-inspiring.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his instructions have good insight. His praise endures forever.