Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! — His faithful love endures forever.

²Give thanks to the God of gods. — His faithful love endures forever.

³Give thanks to the Lord of lords. — His faithful love endures forever.

⁴Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles. — His faithful love endures forever.

⁵Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully. — His faithful love endures forever.

⁶Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters. — His faithful love endures forever.

⁷Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights — — His faithful love endures forever.

⁸the sun to rule the day, — His faithful love endures forever.

⁹and the moon and stars to rule the night. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹⁰Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹¹He brought Israel out of Egypt. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹²He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹³Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹⁴He led Israel safely through, — His faithful love endures forever.

¹⁵but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹⁶Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹⁷Give thanks to him who struck down mighty kings. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹⁸He killed powerful kings — — His faithful love endures forever.

¹⁹Sihon king of the Amorites, — His faithful love endures forever.

²⁰and Og king of Bashan. — His faithful love endures forever.

²¹God gave the land of these kings as an inheritance — — His faithful love endures forever.

²²a special possession to his servant Israel. — His faithful love endures forever.

²³He remembered us in our weakness. — His faithful love endures forever.

²⁴He saved us from our enemies. — His faithful love endures forever.

²⁵He gives food to every living thing. — His faithful love endures forever.

²⁶Give thanks to the God of heaven. — His faithful love endures forever.

¹Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.

²We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.

³For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn: “Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”

⁴But how can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a pagan land?

⁵If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp.

⁶May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.

⁷O LORD, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!”

⁸O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

⁹Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!

¹I give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods.

²I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.

³As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength.

⁴Every king in all the earth will thank you, LORD, for all of them will hear your words.

⁵Yes, they will sing about the LORD’s ways, for the glory of the LORD is very great.

⁶Though the LORD is great, he cares for the humble, but he keeps his distance from the proud.

⁷Though I am surrounded by troubles, you will protect me from the anger of my enemies. You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me.

⁸The LORD will work out his plans for my life — for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me.