Bible Reading Plan

¹ Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.^(a)
2 The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.^(b)
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.^(c)
3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.^(d)

⁴ I said, " Lord , be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against You."^(e)
5 My enemies speak maliciously about me:
"When will he die and be forgotten?"^(f)
6 When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.^(g)
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.^(h)
8 "Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he won't rise again from where he lies!"^(i)
9 Even my friend^[a] in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.^(j)

¹⁰ But You, Lord , be gracious to me and raise me up;
then I will repay them.^(k)
11 By this I know that You delight in me:^(l)
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.^(m)
12 You supported me because of my integrity⁽ⁿ⁾
and set me in Your presence forever.^(o)

¹³ May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen.^(p)