Bible Reading Plan

¹ I will sing about the Lord 's faithful love forever;^(b)
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.^(c)
2 For I will declare,
"Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens."^(d)

³ The Lord said,
"I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.'"^(e) Selah

⁵  Lord , the heavens praise Your wonders^(f)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(g)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord ?
Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord ?^(h)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^[b] all who surround Him.^(i)
8  Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord ?^(j)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
⁹ You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.^(k)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(l)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.^(m)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.^(n)
12 North and south—You created them.^(o)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.^(p)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.^(q)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;^(r)
faithful love and truth go before You.^(s)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(t)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.^(u)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.^(v)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;^(w)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.^(x)
18 Surely our shield^[c] belongs to the Lord ,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(y)

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: "I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[d] from the people.^(z)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(aa)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.^(ab)
22 The enemy will not afflict^[e] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.^(ac)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(ad)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.^(ae)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(af)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(ag)
my God, the rock of my salvation.'^(ah)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(ai)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.^(aj)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[f](ak)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,^(al)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,^(am)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.^(an)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.^(ao)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.^(ap)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(aq)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,^(ar)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky."^(as) Selah

³⁸ But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.^(at)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.^[g](au)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(av)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(aw)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(ax)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.^(ay)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(az)
44 You have made his splendor^[h] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(ba)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame.^(bb) Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord ? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?^(bc)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?^(bd)
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(be) Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?^(bf)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
⁵¹ how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord ,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.^(bg)

⁵² May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.^(bh)

¹ Sing a new song to the Lord ;
sing to the Lord , all the earth.^(b)
2 Sing to Yahweh, praise His name;
proclaim His salvation from day to day.^(c)
3 Declare His glory among the nations,
His wonderful works among all peoples.^(d)

⁴ For the Lord is great and is highly praised;
He is feared above all gods.^(e)
5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.^(f)
6 Splendor and majesty are before Him;
strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.^(g)

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord , you families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.^(h)
8 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;⁽ⁱ⁾
bring an offering and enter His courts.^(j)
9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;^(k)
tremble before Him, all the earth.^(l)

¹⁰ Say among the nations: "The Lord reigns.^(m)
The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.⁽ⁿ⁾
He judges the peoples fairly."^(o)
11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and all that fills it resound.^(p)
12 Let the fields and everything in them exult.
Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy^(q)
13 before the Lord , for He is coming—
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with His faithfulness.^(r)

¹ Shout triumphantly to the Lord , all the earth.^(a)
2 Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before Him with joyful songs.^(b)
3 Acknowledge that Yahweh is God.
He made us, and we are His^[a](c) —
His people, the sheep of His pasture.^(d)
4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving^(e)
and His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him and praise His name.^(f)
5 For Yahweh is good, and His love is eternal;
His faithfulness endures through all generations.

¹ I will sing of faithful love and justice;
I will sing praise to You, Lord .^(a)
2 I will pay attention to the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.^(b)
3 I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.^(c)
4 A devious heart will be far from me;
I will not be involved with^[a] evil.^(d)

⁵ I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;^(e)
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.^(f)
6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.^(g)
7 No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.^[b](h)
8 Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
eliminating all evildoers from the Lord 's city.⁽ⁱ⁾

¹ Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name;
proclaim His deeds among the peoples.^(a)
2 Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;
tell about all His wonderful works!^(b)
3 Honor His holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.^(c)
4 Search for the Lord and for His strength;
seek His face always.^(d)
5 Remember the wonderful works He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced,^[a](e)
6 you offspring of Abraham His servant,
Jacob's descendants—His chosen ones.^(f)

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
His judgments govern the whole earth.^(g)
8 He remembers His covenant forever,
the promise He ordained
for a thousand generations^(h)—
⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham,
swore^[b] to Isaac,^(i)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(j)
11 "I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion."^(k)

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,^(l)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,^(m)
14 He allowed no one to oppress them;
He rebuked kings on their behalf:^(n)
15 "Do not touch My anointed ones,^(o)
or harm My prophets."^(p)

¹⁶ He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.^(q)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.^(r)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.^(s)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.^(t)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.^(u)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions^(v)—
²² binding^[c] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.^(w)

²³ Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^[d](x)
24 The Lord ^[e] made His people very fruitful;
He made them more numerous than their foes,^(y)
25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.^(z)
26 He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.^(aa)
27 They performed His miraculous signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.^[f](ab)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy^[g] His commands?^(ac)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.^(ad)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.^(ae)
31 He spoke, and insects came^(af)—
gnats throughout their country.^(ag)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.^(ah)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.^(ai)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
³⁵ They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.^(aj)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.^(ak)

³⁷ Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among His tribes stumbled.^(al)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel^[h] had fallen on them.^(am)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.^(an)
40 They asked, and He brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^(ao)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.^(ap)
42 For He remembered His holy promise
to Abraham His servant.^(aq)
43 He brought His people out with rejoicing,
His chosen ones with shouts of joy.^(ar)
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.^(as)

⁴⁵ All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.^(at)
Hallelujah!

¹  Lord , remember David
and all the hardships he endured,^(a)
2 and how he swore an oath to the Lord ,
making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:^(b)
3 "I will not enter my house^[a]
or get into my bed,^[b]
4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep
or my eyelids to slumber^(c)
5 until I find a place for the Lord ,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."^(d)

⁶ We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;^[c](e)
we found it in the fields of Jaar.^[d](f)
7 Let us go to His dwelling place;
let us worship at His footstool.^(g)
8 Rise up, Lord , come to Your resting place,
You and Your powerful ark.^(h)
9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may Your godly people shout for joy.^(i)
10 Because of Your servant David,
do not reject Your anointed one.^[e](j)

¹¹ The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not abandon:
"I will set one of your descendants^[f]
on your throne.^(k)
12 If your sons keep My covenant
and My decrees that I will teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever."^(l)

¹³ For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His home:^(m)
14 "This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.^(n)
15 I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.^(o)
16 I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its godly people will shout for joy.^(p)
17 There I will make a horn grow for David;^(q)
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.^(r)
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,^(s)
but the crown he wears^[g] will be glorious."^(t)