Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Unless the LORD builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the LORD guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain.

²It is futile for you to rise up early, To stay up late, To eat the bread of painful labor; This is how He gives to His beloved sleep.

³Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.

⁴Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.

⁵Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

¹Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways.

²When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, 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 olive plants Around your table.

⁴Behold, for so shall a man Who fears the LORD be blessed.

⁵The LORD bless you from Zion, And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

⁶Indeed, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

¹“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,

²“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

³The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

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

⁵May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

⁶May they be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

⁷With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;

⁸Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD.”