Bible Reading Plan

¹ Yahweh, the God of gods^[a] speaks;
He summons the earth from east to west.^[b](b)
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.^[c](c)
3 Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.^(d)
4 On high, He summons heaven and earth
in order to judge His people.^(e)
5 "Gather My faithful ones to Me,
those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."^(f)
6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness,^(g)
for God is the Judge.^(h) Selah

⁷ "Listen, My people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.^(i)
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.^(j)
9 I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,^(k)
10 for every animal of the forest is Mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know every bird of the mountains,^[d]
and the creatures of the field are Mine.^(l)
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.^(m)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?^(n)
14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God,^(o)
and pay your vows to the Most High.^(p)
15 Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me."^(q)

¹⁶ But God says to the wicked:
"What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?^(r)
17 You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.^[e](s)
18 When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.^(t)
19 You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.^(u)
20 You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother's son.^(v)
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.^(w)
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.^[f](x)

²² "Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.^(y)
23 Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,
and whoever orders his conduct,
I will show him the salvation of God."^(z)

¹ The fool says in his heart, "God does not exist."
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.^(b)
2 God looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.^(c)
3 All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.^(d)

⁴ Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;^(e)
they do not call on God.^(f)
5 Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other^(g)—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.^(h)
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.⁽ⁱ⁾

⁶ Oh, that Israel's deliverance would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of His people,^[b]
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.^(j)

¹ God, You have rejected us;
You have broken out^[b] against us;
You have been angry. Restore us!^[c](b)
2 You have shaken the land and split it open.
Heal its fissures, for it shudders.^(c)
3 You have made Your people suffer hardship;
You have given us wine to drink
that made us stagger.^(d)
4 You have given a signal flag to those who fear You,
so that they can flee before the archers.^[d](e) Selah
⁵ Save with Your right hand, and answer me,
so that those You love may be rescued.^(f)

⁶ God has spoken in His sanctuary:^[e]
"I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem.^(g)
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.^(h)
7 Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;⁽ⁱ⁾
Judah is My scepter.^(j)
8 Moab is My washbasin.^(k)
I throw My sandal on Edom;^(l)
I shout in triumph over Philistia."^(m)

⁹ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?^(n)
10 God, haven't You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.^(o)
11 Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.^(p)
12 With God we will perform valiantly;^(q)
He will trample our foes.^(r)

¹ We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.^(b)

² "When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.^(c)
3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.^(d) Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,'
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.^(e)
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.'"^(f)

⁶ Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
⁷ for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.^(g)
8 For there is a cup in the Lord 's hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.^(h)

⁹ As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.⁽ⁱ⁾

¹⁰ "I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,^(j)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up."^(k)