Bible Reading Plan

¹ God, listen to my prayer
and do not ignore^[a] my plea for help.^(a)
2 Pay attention to me and answer me.^(b)
I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,^(c)
3 because of the enemy's voice,
because of the pressure^[b] of the wicked.
For they bring down disaster on me^[c]
and harass me in anger.^(d)

⁴ My heart shudders within me;^(e)
terrors of death sweep over me.
⁵ Fear and trembling grip me;
horror has overwhelmed me.^(f)
6 I said, "If only I had^[d] wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.^(g)
7 How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness.^(h) Selah
⁸ I would hurry to my shelter
from the raging wind and the storm."⁽ⁱ⁾

⁹ Lord, confuse^[e] and confound their speech,^[f](j)
for I see violence and strife in the city;
¹⁰ day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;^(k)
11 destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.^(l)

¹² Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.
¹³ But it is you, a man who is my peer,
my companion and good friend!^(m)
14 We used to have close fellowship;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.⁽ⁿ⁾

¹⁵ Let death take them by surprise;^(o)
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.^(p)
16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.^(q)
17 I complain and groan morning, noon, and night,^(r)
and He hears my voice.^(s)
18 Though many are against me,
He will redeem me from my battle unharmed.^(t)
19 God, the One enthroned from long ago,^(u)
will hear and will humiliate them Selah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.^(v)

²⁰ My friend^(w) acts violently
against those at peace with him;^(x)
he violates his covenant.^(y)
21 His buttery words are smooth,^[g]
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.^(z)

²² Cast your burden on the Lord ,
and He will sustain you;^(aa)
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.^(ab)

²³ God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;^(ac)
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.^(ad)
But I will trust in You.^(ae)

¹ Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me;
he fights and oppresses me all day long.
² My adversaries trample me all day,
for many arrogantly fight against me.^[b](b)

³ When I am afraid,
I will trust in You.^(c)
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?^(d)

⁵ They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.^(e)
6 They stir up strife,^[c] they lurk;
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.^(f)
7 Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.^(g)

⁸ You Yourself have recorded my wanderings.^[d]
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your records?^(h)
9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.⁽ⁱ⁾
This I know: God is for me.^(j)

¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord , whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?^(k)

¹² I am obligated by vows^[e] to You, God;
I will make my thank offerings to You.^(l)
13 For You delivered me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.^(m)