Bible Reading Plan

¹  Lord ,^[a] I turn to You.^[b](a)
2 My God, I trust in You.
Do not let me be disgraced;^(b)
do not let my enemies gloat over me.^(c)
3 No one who waits for You
will be disgraced;^(d)
those who act treacherously without cause
will be disgraced.^(e)

⁴ Make Your ways known to me, Lord ;
teach me Your paths.^(f)
5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me,^(g)
for You are the God of my salvation;^(h)
I wait for You all day long.^(i)
6 Remember, Lord , Your compassion
and Your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.^[c](j)
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth^(k)
or my acts of rebellion;^(l)
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord .^(m)

⁸ The Lord is good and upright;⁽ⁿ⁾
therefore He shows sinners the way.^(o)
9 He leads the humble in what is right^(p)
and teaches them His way.^(q)
10 All the Lord 's ways show faithful love and truth
to those who keep His covenant and decrees.^(r)
11 Because of Your name, Yahweh,
forgive my sin, for it is great.^(s)

¹² Who is the man who fears the Lord ?^(t)
He will show him the way he should choose.^(u)
13 He will live a good life,
and his descendants will inherit the land.^[d](v)
14 The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.^(w)
15 My eyes are always on the Lord ,
for He will pull my feet out of the net.^(x)

¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am alone and afflicted.^(y)
17 The distresses of my heart increase;^[e](z)
bring me out of my sufferings.^(aa)
18 Consider my affliction and trouble,^(ab)
and take away all my sins.^(ac)
19 Consider my enemies; they are numerous,^(ad)
and they hate me violently.^(ae)
20 Guard me and deliver me;^(af)
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in You.^(ag)
21 May integrity and what is right
watch over me,
for I wait for You.^(ah)

²² God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.^(ai)

¹ Ascribe to Yahweh, you heavenly beings,^[a]
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
² Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due His name;
worship Yahweh
in the splendor of His holiness.^[b](a)

³ The voice of the Lord is above the waters.
The God of glory thunders—
the Lord , above vast waters,^(b)
4 the voice of the Lord in power,
the voice of the Lord in splendor.^(c)
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.^(d)
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,^(e)
and Sirion,^[c] like a young wild ox.^(f)
7 The voice of the Lord flashes flames of fire.^(g)
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.^(h)
9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth^[d](i)
and strips the woodlands bare.^(j)

In His temple all cry, "Glory!"

¹⁰ The Lord sat enthroned at the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.^(k)
11 The Lord gives His people strength;^(l)
the Lord blesses His people with peace.^(m)

¹ Rejoice in the Lord , you righteous ones;
praise from the upright is beautiful.^(a)
2 Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.^(b)
3 Sing a new song to Him;^(c)
play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.^(d)

⁴ For the word of the Lord is right,
and all His work is trustworthy.^(e)
5 He loves righteousness and justice;^(f)
the earth is full of the Lord 's unfailing love.^(g)

⁶ The heavens were made by the word of the Lord ,^(h)
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.^(i)
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap;^[a]
He puts the depths into storehouses.^(j)
8 Let the whole earth tremble before the Lord ;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.^(k)
9 For He spoke, and it came into being;
He commanded, and it came into existence.^(l)

¹⁰ The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.^(m)
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of His heart from generation to generation.^(n)
12 Happy is the nation whose God is Yahweh—
the people He has chosen to be His own possession!^(o)

¹³ The Lord looks down from heaven;
He observes everyone.^(p)
14 He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth
from His dwelling place.^(q)
15 He alone shapes their hearts;
He considers all their works.^(r)
16 A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.^(s)
17 The horse is a false hope for safety;
it provides no escape by its great power.^(t)

¹⁸ Now the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him—
those who depend on His faithful love^(u)
19 to deliver them from death
and to keep them alive in famine.^(v)

²⁰ We wait for Yahweh;^(w)
He is our help and shield.^(x)
21 For our hearts rejoice in Him^(y)
because we trust in His holy name.^(z)
22 May Your faithful love rest on us, Yahweh,
for we put our hope in You.^(aa)

¹ An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,^(a)
2 for in his own eyes he flatters himself too much
to discover and hate his sin.^(b)
3 The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;^(c)
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.^(d)
4 Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.^(e)
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.^(f)

⁵  Lord , Your faithful love reaches to heaven,
Your faithfulness to the clouds.^(g)
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains;
Your judgments, like the deepest sea.^(h)
Lord , You preserve man and beast.^(i)
7 God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.^(j)
8 They are filled from the abundance of Your house;
You let them drink from Your refreshing stream,^(k)
9 for with You is life's fountain.^(l)
In Your light we will see light.^(m)

¹⁰ Spread Your faithful love over those who know You,
and Your righteousness over the upright in heart.^(n)
11 Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near me
or the hand of the wicked one drive me away.^(o)
12 There the evildoers fall;
they have been thrown down and cannot rise.^(p)

¹ I said, "I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence."^(a)
2 I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.^(b)
3 My heart grew hot within me;
as I mused, a fire burned.^(c)
I spoke with my tongue:
⁴ " Lord , reveal to me the end of my life
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.^(d)
5 You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.^(e) Selah

⁶ "Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.^(f)
7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.^(g)
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the taunt of fools.^(h)
9 I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.^(i)
10 Remove Your torment from me;
I fade away because of the force of Your hand.^(j)
11 You discipline a man with punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;^(k)
every man is only a vapor.^(l) Selah

¹² "Hear my prayer, Lord ,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.^(m)
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.^(n)
13 Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone."^(o)