Bible Reading Plan

¹ Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?^(b)
2 Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.^(c)
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.^(d)
3 Make Your way^[a] to the everlasting ruins,
to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.^(e)
4 Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where You met with us.^[b]
They set up their emblems as signs.^(f)
5 It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,^(g)
6 then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.^(h)
7 They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly^[c] desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name.^(i)
8 They said in their hearts,
"Let us oppress them relentlessly."
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us.^[d](j)
9 There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.^(k)
10 God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?^(l)
11 Why do You hold back Your hand?
Stretch out^[e] Your right hand and destroy them!^(m)

¹² God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.^(n)
13 You divided the sea with Your strength;
You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters;^(o)
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You fed him to the creatures of the desert.^(p)
15 You opened up springs and streams;^(q)
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.^(r)
16 The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun.^(s)
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made summer and winter.^(t)

¹⁸ Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,
and a foolish people has insulted Your name.^(u)
19 Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts;^[f]
do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever.^(v)
20 Consider the covenant,^(w)
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.^(x)
21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name.^(y)
22 Rise up, God, defend Your cause!^(z)
Remember the insults
that fools bring against You all day long.^(aa)
23 Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries,
the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly.^(ab)

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)

¹ God is known in Judah;
His name is great in Israel.^(b)
2 His tent is in Salem,^[a]
His dwelling place in Zion.^(c)
3 There He shatters the bow's flaming arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.^(d) Selah

⁴ You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.^(e)
5 The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.^(f)
6 At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.^(g)

⁷ And You—You are to be feared.^[b]
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?^(h) <