Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A song of ascents. Of Solomon. [1] Unless the LORD builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the LORD watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.

²In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food —  yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.

³Sons are indeed a heritage from the LORD, offspring, a reward.

⁴Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one’s youth.

⁵Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them. They will never be put to shame when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

¹A song of ascents. [1] How happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!

²You will surely eat what your hands have worked for. You will be happy, and it will go well for you.

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children, like young olive trees around your table.

⁴In this very way the man who fears the LORD will be blessed.

⁵May the LORD bless you from Zion, so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life

⁶and will see your children’s children! Peace be with Israel.

¹A song of ascents. [1] Since my youth they have often attacked me — let Israel say —

²Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me.

³Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

⁴The LORD is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.

⁵Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace.

⁶Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up

⁷and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

⁸Then none who pass by will say, “May the LORD’s blessing be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD.”