Daily Wisdom Plan

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] LORD, you have searched me and known me.

²You know when I sit down and when I stand up; you understand my thoughts from far away.

³You observe my travels and my rest; you are aware of all my ways.

⁴Before a word is on my tongue, you know all about it, LORD.

⁵You have encircled me; you have placed your hand on me.

⁶This wondrous knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.

⁷Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

⁸If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

⁹If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits,

¹⁰even there your hand will lead me; your right hand will hold on to me.

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will be night”  —

¹²even the darkness is not dark to you. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to you.

¹³For it was you who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.

¹⁵My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

¹⁶Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began.

¹⁷God, how precious your thoughts are to me; how vast their sum is!

¹⁸If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with you.

¹⁹God, if only you would kill the wicked — you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me  —

²⁰who invoke you deceitfully. Your enemies swear by you falsely.

²¹LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you, and detest those who rebel against you?

²²I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies.

²³Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

²⁴See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] Rescue me, LORD, from evil men. Keep me safe from violent men

²who plan evil in their hearts. They stir up wars all day long.

³They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s bite; viper’s venom is under their lips. Selah

⁴Protect me, LORD, from the power of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble.

⁵The proud hide a trap with ropes for me; they spread a net along the path and set snares for me. Selah

⁶I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Listen, LORD, to my cry for help.

⁷LORD, my Lord, my strong Savior, you shield my head on the day of battle.

⁸LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah

⁹When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

¹⁰Let hot coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into the abyss, never again to rise.

¹¹Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.

¹²I know that the LORD upholds the just cause of the poor, justice for the needy.

¹³Surely the righteous will praise your name; the upright will live in your presence.

¹A psalm of David. [1] LORD, I call on you; hurry to help me. Listen to my voice when I call on you.

²May my prayer be set before you as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering.

³LORD, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

⁴Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or perform wicked acts with men who commit sin. Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

⁵Let the righteous one strike me — it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me — it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.

⁶When their rulers will be thrown off the sides of a cliff, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasing.

⁷As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

⁸But my eyes look to you, LORD, my Lord. I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.

⁹Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.