Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O LORD.

²Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.

³If You, LORD, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?

⁴But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared and worshiped [with submissive wonder].

⁵I wait [patiently] for the LORD, my soul [expectantly] waits, And in His word do I hope.

⁶My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; More than the watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption.

⁸And He will redeem Israel From all his sins.

¹A Song of Ascents. Of David. LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me.

²Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child [resting] with his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me [composed and freed from discontent].

³O Israel, hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever.

¹A Song of Ascents. O LORD, remember on David's behalf All his hardship and affliction;

²How he swore to the LORD And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

³"I absolutely will not enter my house, Nor get into my bed—

⁴I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep Nor my eyelids to slumber,

⁵Until I find a place for the LORD, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob (Israel)."

⁶Behold, we heard of it at Ephrathah; We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷Let us go into His tabernacle; Let us worship at His footstool.

⁸Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.

⁹Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living), And let Your godly ones shout for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of Your servant David, Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

¹¹The LORD swore to David A truth from which He will not turn back: "One of your descendants I will set upon your throne.

¹²"If your children will keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever."

¹³For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

¹⁴"This is My resting place forever" [says the LORD]; "Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

¹⁵"I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

¹⁶"Her priests also I will clothe with salvation, And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.

¹⁷"There I will make the horn (strength) of David grow; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises].

¹⁸"His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon himself shall his crown shine."