Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]— From where shall my help come?

²My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

³He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber.

⁴Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber [briefly] nor sleep [soundly].

⁵The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand.

⁶The sun will not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.

⁷The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your life.

⁸The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do] From this time forth and forever.

¹A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."

²Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

³Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is firmly joined together;

⁴To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, [As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

⁵For there the thrones of judgment were set, The thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you [holy city].

⁷"May peace be within your walls And prosperity within your palaces."

⁸For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you."

⁹For the sake of the house of the LORD our God [which is Jerusalem], I will seek your (the city's) good.

¹A Song of Ascents. Unto you I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

³Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious and favorable toward us, For we are greatly filled with contempt.

⁴Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God's law].