Daily Wisdom Plan

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

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

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

⁴In return for my love they are my accusers, But I give myself to prayer.

⁵Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

⁶Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is judged, let him be found guilty, And let his prayer become 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 continually be vagabonds, and beg; Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.

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

¹²Let there be none to extend mercy to him, Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

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

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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

¹⁶Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the poor and needy man, That he might even slay the broken in heart.

¹⁷As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

¹⁸As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, So let it enter his body like water, And like oil into his bones.

¹⁹Let it be to him like the garment which covers him, And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.

²⁰Let this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, And to those who speak evil against my person.

²¹But You, O GOD the Lord, Deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.

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

²³I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.

²⁵I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads.

²⁶Help me, O LORD my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy,

²⁷That they may know that this is Your hand— That You, LORD, have done it!

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

²⁹Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

³⁰I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.

³¹For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.

¹A Psalm of David. [1] The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

²The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

³Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth.

⁴The LORD has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.

⁷He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head.

¹Praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

²The works of the LORD are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them.

³His work is honorable and glorious, And His righteousness endures forever.

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

⁵He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant.

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

⁷The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure.

⁸They stand fast forever and ever, And are done in truth and uprightness.

⁹He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.