Bible Reading Plan

¹  Lord , do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.^(b)
2 Be gracious to me, Lord , for I am weak;^[a](c)
heal me,^(d) Lord , for my bones are shaking;^(e)
3 my whole being is shaken with terror.^(f)
And You, Lord —how long?^(g)

⁴ Turn, Lord ! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.^(h)
5 For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?⁽ⁱ⁾

⁶ I am weary from my groaning;^(j)
with my tears I dampen my pillow^[b]
and drench my bed every night.^(k)
7 My eyes are swollen from grief;^(l)
they^[c] grow old because of all my enemies.

⁸ Depart from me, all evildoers,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.^(m)
9 The Lord has heard my plea for help;⁽ⁿ⁾
the Lord accepts my prayer.^(o)
10 All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;
they will turn back^(p) and suddenly be disgraced.^(q)

¹ Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You;^(a)
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me^(b)
2 or they^[c] will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.^[d](c)

³ Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,^(d)
4 if I have done harm to one at peace with me^(e)
or have plundered^[e] my adversary without cause,^(f)
5 may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground^(g)
and leave my honor in the dust.^(h) Selah

⁶ Rise up, Lord , in Your anger;
lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;⁽ⁱ⁾
awake for me;^[f](j)
You have ordained^[g] a judgment.^(k)
7 Let the assembly of peoples gather around You;^(l)
take Your seat^[h] on high over it.^(m)
8 The Lord judges the peoples;⁽ⁿ⁾
vindicate me, Lord ,
according to my righteousness and my integrity.^[i](o)

⁹ Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,^(p)
but establish the righteous.^(q)
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions^[j]
is a righteous God.^(r)
10 My shield is with^[k] God,^(s)
who saves the upright in heart.^(t)
11 God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows His wrath every day.^(u)

¹² If anyone does not repent,
God^[l] will sharpen His sword;^(v)
He has strung^[m] His bow and made it ready.^(w)
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.^(x)

¹⁴ See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.^(y)
15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.^(z)
16 His trouble comes back on his own head,
and his violence falls on the top of his head.^(aa)

¹⁷ I will thank the Lord for His righteousness;
I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High.^(ab)

¹ Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!^(b)

You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.^[a](c)
2 Because of Your adversaries,
You have established a stronghold^[b]
from the mouths of children and nursing infants^(d)
to silence the enemy and the avenger.

³ When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,^(e)
4 what is man that You remember him,
the son of man that You look after him?^(f)
5 You made him little less than God^[c][d]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶ You made him lord over the works of Your hands;
You put everything under his feet:^[e](g)
7 all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
⁸ the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.^(h)

⁹ Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!