Bible Reading Plan

¹ Vindicate me, Lord ,
because I have lived with integrity
and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.^(a)
2 Test me, Lord , and try me;
examine my heart and mind.^(b)
3 For Your faithful love is before my eyes,
and I live by Your truth.^(c)

⁴ I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.
⁵ I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.^(d)
6 I wash my hands^[a] in innocence^(e)
and go around Your altar, Lord ,^(f)
7 raising my voice in thanksgiving^(g)
and telling about Your wonderful works.^(h)

⁸  Lord , I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides.^(i)
9 Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed^(j)
10 in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.^(k)

¹¹ But I live with integrity;
redeem me and be gracious to me.^(l)
12 My foot stands on level ground;^(m)
I will praise the Lord in the assemblies.⁽ⁿ⁾

¹ I waited patiently for the Lord ,
and He turned to me and heard my cry for help.^(a)
2 He brought me up from a desolate^[a] pit,
out of the muddy clay,^(b)
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.^(c)
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.^(d)
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord .^(e)

⁴ How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!^(f)
5  Lord my God, You have done many things—
Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;
none can compare with You.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.^(g)

⁶ You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.^[b]
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.^(h)
7 Then I said, "See, I have come;
it is written about me in the volume of the scroll.^(i)
8 I delight to do Your will, my God;^(j)
Your instruction lives within me."^[c](k)

⁹ I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed^[d]—
as You know, Lord .^(l)
10 I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.^(m)

¹¹  Lord , do not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.^(n)
12 For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.^(o)
13  Lord , be pleased to deliver me;
hurry to help me, Lord .^(p)

¹⁴ Let those who seek to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.^(q)
15 Let those who say to me, "Aha, aha!"
be horrified because of their shame.^(r)

¹⁶ Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation continually say,
"The Lord is great!"^(s)
17 I am afflicted and needy;
the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.^(t)

¹ Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?^[b]
Do you judge people fairly?^(a)
2 No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.^(b)

³ The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars err from birth.^(c)
4 They have venom like the venom of a snake,
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,^(d)
5 that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.^(e)

⁶ God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;
Lord , tear out the young lions' fangs.^(f)
7 They will vanish like water that flows by;
they will aim their useless arrows.^[c][d](g)
8 Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman's miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.^(h)

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.^[e](i)
10 The righteous one will rejoice
when he sees the retribution;^(j)
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.^(k)
11 Then people will say,
"Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
There is a God who judges on earth!"^(l)

¹ God, hear my voice when I complain.^(a)
Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.^(b)
2 Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,^(c)
from the mob of evildoers,^(d)
3 who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,^(e)
4 shooting from concealed places at the innocent.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.^(f)
5 They encourage each other in an evil plan;^[a][b]
they talk about hiding traps and say,
"Who will see them?"^[c](g)
6 They devise crimes and say,
"We have perfected a secret plan."^(h)
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

⁷ But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.^(i)
8 They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.^(j)
9 Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God's work,
for they will understand what He has done.^(k)

¹⁰ The righteous one rejoices in the Lord
and takes refuge in Him;
all those who are upright in heart
will offer praise.^(l)