Bible Reading Plan

¹ I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and He will hear me.^(b)
2 I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.^(c)
3 I think of God; I groan;
I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.^(d) Selah

⁴ You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.^(e)
5 I consider days of old,
years long past.^(f)
6 At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.^(g)

⁷ "Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?^(h)
8 Has His faithful love ceased forever?
Is His promise at an end for all generations?^(i)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has He in anger withheld His compassion?"^(j) Selah

¹⁰ So I say, "I am grieved^[a]
that the right hand of the Most High has changed."^(k)
11 I will remember the Lord 's works;
yes, I will remember Your ancient wonders.^(l)
12 I will reflect on all You have done
and meditate on Your actions.^(m)

¹³ God, Your way is holy.
What god is great like God?^(n)
14 You are the God who works wonders;
You revealed Your strength among the peoples.^(o)
15 With power You redeemed Your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.^(p) Selah

¹⁶ The waters saw You, God.
The waters saw You; they trembled.
Even the depths shook.^(q)
17 The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
Your arrows flashed back and forth.^(r)
18 The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.^(s)
The earth shook and quaked.^(t)
19 Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.^(u)
20 You led Your people like a flock^(v)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.^(w)

¹ My people, hear my instruction;
listen to what I say.^(b)
2 I will declare wise sayings;
I will speak mysteries from the past^(c)—
³ things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.^(d)
4 We must not hide them from their children,
but must tell a future generation
the praises of the Lord ,
His might, and the wonderful works
He has performed.^(e)
5 He established a testimony in Jacob
and set up a law in Israel,
which He commanded our fathers
to teach to their children^(f)
6 so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children^(g)
7 so that they might put their confidence in God
and not forget God's works,
but keep His commands.^(h)
8 Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.⁽ⁱ⁾

⁹ The Ephraimite archers turned back
on the day of battle.^(j)
10 They did not keep God's covenant
and refused to live by His law.^(k)
11 They forgot what He had done,
the wonderful works He had shown them.^(l)
12 He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.^(m)
13 He split the sea and brought them across;
the water stood firm like a wall.^(n)
14 He led them with a cloud by day
and with a fiery light throughout the night.^(o)
15 He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.^(p)
16 He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.^(q)

¹⁷ But they continued to sin against Him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.^(r)
18 They deliberately^[a] tested God,
demanding the food they craved.^(s)
19 They spoke against God, saying,
"Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?
²⁰ Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;
torrents overflowed.^(t)
But can He also provide bread
or furnish meat for His people?"^(u)
21 Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel^(v)
22 because they did not believe God
or rely on His salvation.^(w)
23 He gave a command to the clouds above
and opened the doors of heaven.^(x)
24 He rained manna for them to eat;
He gave them grain from heaven.^(y) <