Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Sing for joy in the LORD, you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.

²Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

³Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

⁴For the word of the LORD is right, And all His work is done in faithfulness.

⁵He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

⁶By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their lights.

⁷He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He puts the depths in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

⁹For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The LORD nullifies the plan of nations; He frustrates the plans of peoples.

¹¹The plan of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen for His own inheritance.

¹³The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of mankind;

¹⁴From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,

¹⁵He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.

¹⁶The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not rescued by great strength.

¹⁷A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it rescue anyone by its great strength.

¹⁸Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His faithfulness,

¹⁹To rescue their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

²¹For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.

²²Let Your favor, LORD, be upon us, Just as we have waited for You.

¹I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

²My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice.

³Exalt the LORD with me, And let’s exalt His name together.

⁴I sought the LORD and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears.

⁵They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.

⁶This wretched man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

⁷The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them.

⁸Taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

⁹Fear the LORD, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no lack of anything.

¹⁰The young lions do without and suffer hunger; But they who seek the LORD will not lack any good thing.

¹¹Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

¹²Who is the person who desires life And loves length of days, that he may see good?

¹³Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

¹⁴Turn from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, And His ears are toward their cry for help.

¹⁶The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To eliminate the memory of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears And rescues them from all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

¹⁹The afflictions of the righteous are many, But the LORD rescues him from them all.

²⁰He protects all his bones, Not one of them is broken.

²¹Evil will bring death to the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will suffer for their guilt.

²²The LORD redeems the souls of His servants, And none of those who take refuge in Him will suffer for their guilt.

¹Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

²Take hold of buckler and shield And rise up as my help.

³Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

⁴Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.

⁵Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on.

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

⁷For they hid their net for me without cause; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

⁸Let destruction come upon him when he is unaware, And let the net which he hid catch him; Let him fall into that very destruction.

⁹So my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.

¹⁰All my bones will say, “LORD, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from one who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the poor from one who robs him?”

¹¹Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.

¹²They repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, But my prayer kept returning to me.

¹⁴I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother.

¹⁵But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The afflicted people whom I did not know gathered together against me, They slandered me without ceasing.

¹⁶Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth.

¹⁷Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, My only life from the lions.

¹⁸I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.

¹⁹Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously.

²⁰For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹They opened their mouth wide against me; They said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!”

²²You have seen it, LORD, do not keep silent; Lord, do not be far from me.

²³Stir Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴Judge me, LORD my God, according to Your righteousness, And do not let them rejoice over me.

²⁵Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶May those be ashamed and altogether humiliated who rejoice at my distress; May those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.

²⁷May those shout for joy and rejoice, who take delight in my vindication; And may they say continually, “The LORD be exalted, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.”

²⁸And my tongue shall proclaim Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.

¹Wrongdoing speaks to the ungodly within his heart; There is no fear of God before his eyes.

²For it flatters him in his own eyes Concerning the discovery of his wrongful deed and the hatred of it.

³The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

⁴He plans wickedness on his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not reject evil.

⁵Your mercy, LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

⁶Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; Your judgments are like the great deep. LORD, You protect mankind and animals.

⁷How precious is Your mercy, God! And the sons of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

⁸They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.

⁹For the fountain of life is with You; In Your light we see light.

¹⁰Prolong Your mercy to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright of heart.

¹¹May the foot of pride not come upon me, And may the hand of the wicked not drive me away.

¹²Those who do injustice have fallen there; They have been thrust down and cannot rise.