Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. [1] I cry aloud to the LORD; I plead aloud to the LORD for mercy.

²I pour out my complaint before him; I reveal my trouble to him.

³Although my spirit is weak within me, you know my way. Along this path I travel they have hidden a trap for me.

⁴Look to the right and see: no one stands up for me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares about me.

⁵I cry to you, LORD; I say, “You are my shelter, my portion in the land of the living.”

⁶Listen to my cry, for I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.

⁷Free me from prison so that I can praise your name. The righteous will gather around me because you deal generously with me.

¹A psalm of David. [1] LORD, hear my prayer. In your faithfulness listen to my plea, and in your righteousness answer me.

²Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous in your sight.

³For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead.

⁴My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay.

⁵I remember the days of old; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on the work of your hands.

⁶I spread out my hands to you; I am like parched land before you. Selah

⁷Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit.

⁸Let me experience your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in you. Reveal to me the way I should go because I appeal to you.

⁹Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I come to you for protection.

¹⁰Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground.

¹¹For your name’s sake, LORD, let me live. In your righteousness deliver me from trouble,

¹²and in your faithful love destroy my enemies. Wipe out all those who attack me, for I am your servant.

¹Of David. [1] Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.

²He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him; he subdues my people under me.

³LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him?

⁴A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

⁵LORD, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

⁶Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them.

⁷Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners

⁸whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.

⁹God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you  —

¹⁰the one who gives victory to kings, who frees his servant David from the deadly sword.

¹¹Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.

¹²Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style.

¹³Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields.

¹⁴Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.

¹⁵Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.