Daily Wisdom Plan

¹A prayer of David. [1] LORD, hear a just cause; pay attention to my cry; listen to my prayer — from lips free of deceit.

²Let my vindication come from you, for you see what is right.

³You have tested my heart; you have examined me at night. You have tried me and found nothing evil; I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

⁴Concerning what people do: by the words from your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

⁵My steps are on your paths; my feet have not slipped.

⁶I call on you, God, because you will answer me; listen closely to me; hear what I say.

⁷Display the wonders of your faithful love, Savior of all who seek refuge from those who rebel against your right hand.

⁸Protect me as the pupil of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

⁹from the wicked who treat me violently, my deadly enemies who surround me.

¹⁰They are uncaring; their mouths speak arrogantly.

¹¹They advance against me; now they surround me. They are determined to throw me to the ground.

¹²They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

¹³Rise up, LORD! Confront him; bring him down. With your sword, save me from the wicked.

¹⁴With your hand, LORD, save me from men, from men of the world whose portion is in this life: You fill their bellies with what you have in store; their sons are satisfied, and they leave their surplus to their children.

¹⁵But I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.

¹For the choir director. Of the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the power of Saul. He said: [1] I love you, LORD, my strength.

²The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

³I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies.

⁴The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

⁵The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

⁶I called to the LORD in my distress, and I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because he burned with anger.

⁸Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; coals were set ablaze by it.

⁹He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet.

¹⁰He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

¹¹He made darkness his hiding place, dark storm clouds his canopy around him.

¹²From the radiance of his presence, his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

¹³The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High made his voice heard.

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

¹⁵The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water.

¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

¹⁹He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

²⁰The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

²¹For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

²²Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me and have not disregarded his statutes.

²³I was blameless toward him and kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴So the LORD repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless,

²⁶with the pure you prove yourself pure; but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd.

²⁷For you rescue an oppressed people, but you humble those with haughty eyes.

²⁸LORD, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.

²⁹With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall.

³⁰God — his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

³¹For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock? Only our God.

³²God — he clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect.

³³He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights.

³⁴He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me.

³⁶You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.

³⁷I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

³⁸I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet.

³⁹You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

⁴⁰You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me.

⁴¹They cry for help, but there is no one to save them  — they cry to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

⁴²I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets.

⁴³You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

⁴⁴Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear they obey me.

⁴⁵Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

⁴⁶The LORD lives — blessed be my rock! The God of my salvation is exalted.

⁴⁷God — he grants me vengeance and subdues peoples under me.

⁴⁸He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men.

⁴⁹Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises about your name.

⁵⁰He gives great victories to his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.

²Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge.

³There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard.

⁴Their message has gone out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun.

⁵It is like a bridegroom coming from his home; it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

⁶It rises from one end of the heavens and circles to their other end; nothing is hidden from its heat.

⁷The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.

⁸The precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad; the command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up.

⁹The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are reliable and altogether righteous.

¹⁰They are more desirable than gold — than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb.

¹¹In addition, your servant is warned by them, and in keeping them there is an abundant reward.

¹²Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

¹³Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins; do not let them rule me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

¹⁴May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] May the LORD answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.

²May he send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.

³May he remember all your offerings and accept your burnt offering. Selah

⁴May he give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose.

⁵Let us shout for joy at your victory and lift the banner in the name of our God. May the LORD fulfill all your requests.

⁶Now I know that the LORD gives victory to his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty victories from his right hand.

⁷Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses, but we take pride in the name of the LORD our God.

⁸They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand firm.

⁹LORD, give victory to the king! May he answer us on the day that we call.