Daily Wisdom Plan

¹LORD, You have searched me and known me.

²You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away.

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

⁴Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, LORD, You know it all.

⁵You have encircled me behind and in front, And placed Your hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot comprehend 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, behold, You are there.

⁹If I take up 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 overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”

¹²Even darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.

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

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You When I was made in secret, And skillfully formed in the depths of the earth;

¹⁶Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

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

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

¹⁹If only You would put the wicked to death, God; Leave me, you men of bloodshed.

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

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

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

²³Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;

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

¹Rescue me, LORD, from evil people; Protect me from violent men

²Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.

³They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

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

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

⁶I said to the LORD, “You are my God; Listen, LORD, to the sound of my pleadings.

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

⁸Do not grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not bring about his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah

⁹“As for the head of those who surround me, May the harm of their lips cover them.

¹⁰May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise.

¹¹May a slanderer not endure on the earth; May evil hunt a violent person violently.”

¹²I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.

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

¹LORD, I call upon You; hurry to me! Listen to my voice when I call to You!

²May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The raising of my hands as the evening offering.

³Set a guard, LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.

⁴Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With people who do wrong; And may I not taste their delicacies.

⁵May the righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me; It is oil for the head; My head shall not refuse it, For my prayer is still against their evil deeds.

⁶Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

⁷As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

⁸For my eyes are toward You, GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not 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 wrong.

¹⁰May the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely.