Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God, O King, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever.

²Every day I will bless You and lovingly praise You; Yes, [with awe-inspired reverence] I will praise Your name forever and ever.

³Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man].

⁴One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts.

⁵On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.

⁶People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will tell of Your greatness.

⁷They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness And will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

⁸The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

⁹The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].

¹⁰All Your works shall give thanks to You and praise You, O LORD, And Your godly ones will bless You.

¹¹They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your power,

¹²To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts And the glorious majesty of Your kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

¹⁴The LORD upholds all those [of His own] who fall And raises up all those who are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation], And You give them their food in due time.

¹⁶You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The LORD is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways And gracious and kind in all His works.

¹⁸The LORD is near to all who call on Him, To all who call on Him in truth (without guile).

¹⁹He will fulfill the desire of those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

²⁰The LORD keeps all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy.

²¹My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh will bless and gratefully praise His holy name forever and ever.

¹Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) Praise the LORD, O my soul!

²While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

³Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).

⁴When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.

⁵How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel), Whose hope is in the LORD his God,

⁶Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them, Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,

⁷Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets free the prisoners.

⁸The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous [the upright in heart].

⁹The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.

¹⁰The LORD shall reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.

²The LORD is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].

⁴He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

⁵Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

⁶The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.

⁷Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

⁸Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

⁹He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that for which they cry.

¹⁰He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

¹¹The LORD favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.

¹²Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.

¹⁴He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.

¹⁷He casts out His ice like fragments; Who can stand before His cold?

¹⁸He sends out His word and melts the ice; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

¹⁹He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

²⁰He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)