Bible Reading Plan

¹  Lord , You have searched me and known me.^(a)
2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.^(b)
3 You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.^(c)
4 Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, Lord .^(d)
5 You have encircled me;
You have placed Your hand on me.^(e)
6 This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.^(f)

⁷ Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?^(g)
8 If I go up to heaven, You are there;^(h)
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.^(i)
9 If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,^[a]
10 even there Your hand will lead me;
Your right hand will hold on to me.^(j)
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night"^(k)—
¹² even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.^(l)

¹³ For it was You who created my inward parts;^[b]
You knit me together in my mother's womb.^(m)
14 I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.^[c][d]
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.^(n)
15 My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.^(o)
16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.^(p)

¹⁷ God, how difficult^[e] Your thoughts are
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!
¹⁸ If I counted them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand;^(q)
when I wake up,^[f] I am still with You.^(r)

¹⁹ God, if only You would kill the wicked—
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me^(s)—
²⁰ who invoke You deceitfully.
Your enemies swear by You falsely.^(t)
21  Lord , don't I hate those who hate You,
and detest those who rebel against You?
²² I hate them with extreme hatred;
I consider them my enemies.^(u)

²³ Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.^(v)
24 See if there is any offensive^[g] way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.^(w)

¹ May the Lord , my rock, be praised,^(a)
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare.^(b)
2 He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield,^(c) and I take refuge in Him;^(d)
He subdues my people^[a] under me.^(e)

³  Lord , what is man, that You care for him,
the son of man, that You think of him?^(f)
4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.^(g)

⁵  Lord , part Your heavens and come down.^(h)
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.^(i)
6 Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;^[b]
shoot Your arrows and rout them.^(j)
7 Reach down^[c] from heaven;^(k)
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners^(l)
8 whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.^(m)

⁹ God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You⁽ⁿ⁾—
¹⁰ the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword.^(o)
11 Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners^(p)
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.^(q)

¹² Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.^(r)
13 Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce;^(s)
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields.^(t)
14 Our cattle will be well fed.^[d]
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity,^[e]
and no cry of lament in our public squares.^(u)
15 Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.^(v)

¹ I^[a] exalt You, my God the King,
and praise Your name forever and ever.^(a)
2 I will praise You every day;
I will honor Your name forever and ever.^(b)

³ Yahweh is great and is highly praised;^(c)
His greatness is unsearchable.^(d)
4 One generation will declare Your works to the next
and will proclaim Your mighty acts.^(e)
5 I^[b] will speak of Your splendor and glorious majesty
and^[c] Your wonderful works.^(f)
6 They will proclaim the power of Your awe-inspiring acts,
and I will declare Your greatness.^[d](g)
7 They will give a testimony of Your great goodness
and will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.^(h)

⁸ The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.^(i)
9 The Lord is good to everyone;^(j)
His compassion rests on all He has made.^(k)
10 All You have made will thank You, Lord ;
the^[e] godly will praise You.^(l)
11 They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom
and will declare Your might,^(m)
12 informing all people of Your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of Your^[f] kingdom.^(n)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
Your rule is for all generations.^(o)
The Lord is faithful in all His words
and gracious in all His actions.^[g](p)

¹⁴ The Lord helps all who fall;
He raises up all who are oppressed.^[h](q)
15 All eyes look to You,
and You give them their food at the proper time.^(r)
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.^(s)

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and gracious in all His acts.^(t)
18 The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity.^(u)
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.^(v)
20 The Lord guards all those who love Him,
but He destroys all the wicked.^(w)
21 My mouth will declare Yahweh's praise;
let every living thing
praise His holy name forever and ever.^(x)