Bible Reading Plan

¹  Lord ,^[a] I turn to You.^[b](a)
2 My God, I trust in You.
Do not let me be disgraced;^(b)
do not let my enemies gloat over me.^(c)
3 No one who waits for You
will be disgraced;^(d)
those who act treacherously without cause
will be disgraced.^(e)

⁴ Make Your ways known to me, Lord ;
teach me Your paths.^(f)
5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me,^(g)
for You are the God of my salvation;^(h)
I wait for You all day long.^(i)
6 Remember, Lord , Your compassion
and Your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.^[c](j)
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth^(k)
or my acts of rebellion;^(l)
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord .^(m)

⁸ The Lord is good and upright;⁽ⁿ⁾
therefore He shows sinners the way.^(o)
9 He leads the humble in what is right^(p)
and teaches them His way.^(q)
10 All the Lord 's ways show faithful love and truth
to those who keep His covenant and decrees.^(r)
11 Because of Your name, Yahweh,
forgive my sin, for it is great.^(s)

¹² Who is the man who fears the Lord ?^(t)
He will show him the way he should choose.^(u)
13 He will live a good life,
and his descendants will inherit the land.^[d](v)
14 The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.^(w)
15 My eyes are always on the Lord ,
for He will pull my feet out of the net.^(x)

¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am alone and afflicted.^(y)
17 The distresses of my heart increase;^[e](z)
bring me out of my sufferings.^(aa)
18 Consider my affliction and trouble,^(ab)
and take away all my sins.^(ac)
19 Consider my enemies; they are numerous,^(ad)
and they hate me violently.^(ae)
20 Guard me and deliver me;^(af)
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in You.^(ag)
21 May integrity and what is right
watch over me,
for I wait for You.^(ah)

²² God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.^(ai)

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 The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom should I fear?^(a)
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom should I be afraid?^(b)
2 When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,^(c)
my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.^(d)
3 Though an army deploys against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.^(e)

⁴ I have asked one thing from the Lord ;
it is what I desire:
to dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,^(f)
gazing on the beauty of the Lord ^(g)
and seeking Him in His temple.^(h)
5 For He will conceal me in His shelter
in the day of adversity;
He will hide me under the cover of His tent;
He will set me high on a rock.^(i)
6 Then my head will be high
above my enemies around me;^(j)
I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy.^(k)
I will sing and make music to the Lord .^(l)