Daily Wisdom Plan

¹From the depths of despair, O LORD, I call for your help.

²Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer.

³LORD, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?

⁴But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.

⁵I am counting on the LORD; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word.

⁶I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.

⁷O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is unfailing love. His redemption overflows.

⁸He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.

¹LORD, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp.

²Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

³O Israel, put your hope in the LORD — now and always.

¹LORD, remember David and all that he suffered.

²He made a solemn promise to the LORD. He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,

³“I will not go home; I will not let myself rest.

⁴I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids in slumber

⁵until I find a place to build a house for the LORD, a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”

⁶We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah; then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.

⁷Let us go to the sanctuary of the LORD; let us worship at the footstool of his throne.

⁸Arise, O LORD, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.

⁹May your priests be clothed in godliness; may your loyal servants sing for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of your servant David, do not reject the king you have anointed.

¹¹The LORD swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back: “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

¹²If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the laws that I teach them, then your royal line will continue forever and ever.”

¹³For the LORD has chosen Jerusalem ; he has desired it for his home.

¹⁴“This is my resting place forever,” he said. “I will live here, for this is the home I desired.

¹⁵I will bless this city and make it prosperous; I will satisfy its poor with food.

¹⁶I will clothe its priests with godliness; its faithful servants will sing for joy.

¹⁷Here I will increase the power of David; my anointed one will be a light for my people.

¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame, but he will be a glorious king.”