Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth and faithfulness.

²Why should the nations say, "Where, now, is their God?"

³But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.

⁴The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold, The work of man's hands.

⁵They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see;

⁶They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;

⁷They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk; Nor can they make a sound with their throats.

⁸Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹O Israel, trust and take refuge in the LORD! [Be confident in Him, cling to Him, rely on His word!] He is their help and their shield.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield.

¹¹You who [reverently] fear the LORD, trust in LORD; He is their help and their shield.

¹²The LORD has been mindful of us; He will bless, He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³He will bless those who fear and worship the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder], Both the small and the great.

¹⁴May the LORD give you [great] increase, You and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, But the earth He has given to the children of men.

¹⁷The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

¹⁸But as for us, we will bless and affectionately and gratefully praise the LORD From this time forth and forever. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹I love the LORD, because He hears [and continues to hear] My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

²Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

³The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

⁴Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, please save my life!"

⁵Gracious is the LORD, and [consistently] righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

⁶The LORD protects the simple (childlike); I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.

⁷Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸For You have rescued my life from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling and falling.

⁹I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the LORD In the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed [and clung to my God] when I said, "I am greatly afflicted."

¹¹I said in my alarm, "All men are liars."

¹²What will I give to the LORD [in return] For all His benefits toward me? [How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation And call on the name of the LORD.

¹⁴I will pay my vows to the LORD, Yes, in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

¹⁶O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have unfastened my chains.

¹⁷I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of the LORD.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to the LORD, Yes, in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹In the courts of the Lord's house (temple)— In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹O praise the LORD, all you nations! Praise Him, all you people!

²For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him], And the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)