Daily Wisdom Plan

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.

²You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do]; You understand my thought from afar.

³You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

⁴Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken], Behold, O LORD, You know it all.

⁵You have enclosed me behind and before, And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.

⁶Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.

⁷Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

⁸If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.

⁹If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

¹⁰Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me.

¹¹If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me, And the night will be the only light around me,"

¹²Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You, But the night shines as bright as the day; Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me [together] in my mother's womb.

¹⁴I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You, When I was being formed in secret, And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

¹⁶Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were appointed for me, When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

¹⁷How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

¹⁸If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹O that You would kill the wicked, O God; Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

²⁰For they speak against You wickedly, Your enemies take Your name in vain.

²¹Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

²²I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.

²³Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts;

²⁴And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Protect me from violent men.

²They devise evil things in their hearts; They continually [gather together and] stir up wars.

³They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

⁴Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Protect me from violent men Who intend to trip up my steps.

⁵The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah.

⁶I said to the LORD, "You are my God; Listen to the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

⁷"O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.

⁸"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

⁹"Those who surround me raise their heads; May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.

¹⁰"Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be thrown into the fire, Into deep [water] pits from which they cannot rise.

¹¹"Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil quickly hunt the violent man [to overthrow him and stop his evil acts]."

¹²I know [with confidence] that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And [will secure] justice for the poor.

¹³Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence.

¹A Psalm of David. LORD, I call upon You; hurry to me. Listen to my voice when I call to You.

²Let my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

³Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].

⁴Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing, Or to practice deeds of wickedness With men who plan and do evil; And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).

⁵Let the righteous [thoughtfully] strike (correct) me—it is a kindness [done to encourage my spiritual maturity]. It is [the choicest anointing] oil on the head; Let my head not refuse [to accept and acknowledge and learn from] it; For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

⁶Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff, And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).

⁷As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him], Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].

⁸For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not pour out my life nor leave me defenseless.

⁹Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do evil.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].